{"nrhp_refnum":"79001586","name":"Centre Presbyterian Church","other_names":["Centre Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main and Church Sts","address_restricted":false,"city":"Windham","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.306727755000054,"lon":-74.25196548299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Presbyterian church at the corner of Main and Church Streets in the hamlet of Windham, Greene County, New York, built in 1835 to replace an earlier 1799 church west of the village.","why_significant":"The church is presented as an intact, exceptionally fine example of a typical New England church built in the remote Catskills by New England settlers. It is seen as a transition between Federal and Greek Revival styles, a successful rural interpretation of the classical tradition. It is also a prominent landmark in the hamlet.","narrative":"Centre Presbyterian Church sits at the corner of Main and Church Streets in Windham, a hamlet in the Batavia Kill valley of Greene County, New York. Built in 1835 to replace a 1799 church west of the village, it is a frame building set back on a lawn with an 1880 iron fence. The facade has a pedimented portico with paired Ionic columns, topped by a three-stage tower with a square belfry and an octagonal stage. The design blends Federal and Greek Revival elements: the windows and heavy entrance cornice are Greek Revival, while the tower recalls late eighteenth-century examples. The builder is unknown. The interior was redecorated in Gothic taste in 1886, and a rear addition dates from 1887. The church reflects the New England character of a community settled by people from Connecticut and Massachusetts after the Revolution. At the time of listing the building was empty, and a local committee hoped to convert it into a community center.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1835)","architect_builder":"Unknown (carpenter unknown)","architectural_style":"Federal style with Greek Revival elements; New England classically inspired frame church","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as empty and vacant at the time of nomination; a committee had formed to recycle it as a community center. Condition listed as fair.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.698332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001586.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001586/e191dea22b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001586/e191dea22b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Presbyterian_Church_Jul_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Presbyterian_Church_Jul_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317932","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5062299"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/centre-presbyterian-church-79001586/"}