{"nrhp_refnum":"79001565","name":"Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church","other_names":["Silliman Memorial Church Complex"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mohawk and Seneca Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cohoes","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.77450702400006,"lon":-73.70019076999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of three connected buildings (a church, church house and manse) on a 100 by 175 foot lot at the corner of Mohawk and Seneca Streets in downtown Cohoes, Albany County, New York, built in 1897 to designs by Albert Fuller and his partner Wheeler.","why_significant":"The complex is an important visual landmark in Cohoes and reflects the wealth of the city's industrial prosperity at the end of the nineteenth century. Its early English Gothic church paired with a Richardsonian Romanesque church house shows the design eclecticism popular in late nineteenth century church architecture. It is also a notable work of Albert Fuller, called the dean of Albany architects.","narrative":"Three connected buildings fill most of a city block in downtown Cohoes: a church, a church house and a manse. Built in 1897 for the First Presbyterian congregation, the complex was funded in large part by Dr. Horace B. Silliman, who offered the lot and the church on condition that the congregation build the church house. Albany architects Albert Fuller and his partner Wheeler designed it during the peak of Cohoes's prosperity from mills powered by the Cohoes Falls. The church is built of rockfaced brownstone, with four corner towers and an early English Gothic character. Inside, exposed steel trusses with Gothic tracery span an open meeting room. The church house is Richardsonian Romanesque, and the manse is a remodeled earlier house. Religious use ended in 1969 after a congregational merger, and the buildings have been vacant since 1974. The complex is valued as a local landmark and as an example of late nineteenth century eclectic church design.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Albert W. Fuller and Wheeler (Fuller and Wheeler, Albany)","architectural_style":"Early English Gothic (church) and Richardsonian Romanesque (church house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used for religious purposes until 1969, when the congregation merged to form the United Church of Cohoes; the buildings have been vacant since 1974. Condition is listed as good and unaltered apart from replaced stained glass.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.233869-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001565.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84002060","name":"Downtown Cohoes Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/downtown-cohoes-historic-district-84002060/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silliman_Memorial_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707300"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/silliman-memorial-presbyterian-church-79001565/"}