{"nrhp_refnum":"79001628","name":"Niskayuna Reformed Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Niskayuna","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.77619341900004,"lon":-73.83168685299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Greek Revival Reformed church built in 1852 at 3041 Troy-Schenectady Road in the hamlet of Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York, together with its adjoining old cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the church as a typical Greek Revival Protestant church derived from New England models, with a simple design suited to Reformed Church principles. It also describes the congregation as a long-standing cultural center for the area's Dutch settlers. The cemetery holds early settler graves, including pre-Revolutionary burials.","narrative":"Set back from a busy highway in the hamlet of Niskayuna, this brick church dates from 1852, when it replaced a frame meeting house built in 1828 on the same site. It is a Greek Revival building with a low gabled roof, brick pilasters and frieze, and a pediment with a fanlight. A two-stage tower rises at the front, topped by an open hexagonal belfry on fluted Doric columns. Inside, a horseshoe-shaped gallery rests on cast-iron columns, and the plain interior matches the restrained exterior. The design follows New England models and may have been copied from a Methodist church in Lansingburgh built in 1848. The congregation grew from early Dutch settlement, held services in Dutch until 1813, and later formed neighboring congregations, including Lisha Kill. An old cemetery behind the church holds the graves of early settlers, some from before the Revolution. The congregation remains active.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a religious building; condition marked excellent/good, with an active congregation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.110266-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001628.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001628/0af03c44ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001628/0af03c44ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niskayuna_Reformed_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niskayuna_Reformed_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321691","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niskayuna_Reformed_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7040852"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/niskayuna-reformed-church-79001628/"}