{"nrhp_refnum":"80002634","name":"New Utrecht Reformed Church and Buildings","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18th Ave. and 83rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.60845345400003,"lon":-74.00053289999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A church complex at 18th Avenue and 83rd Street in Brooklyn, New York, made up of a meeting-house-plan church built in 1828, a parish house (church house) of 1892, and a parsonage of 1885. The church is built from fieldstone salvaged from an earlier 1699 church.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the church a rare and exemplary rural church in a picturesque setting, despite its New York City location. Its essentially Georgian design was lightly 'Gothicized' with pointed-arch windows and tower pinnacles. The parsonage is described as an excellent Shingle style building and the least altered of its neighborhood type. The church house is called an outstanding Richardsonian Romanesque structure.","narrative":"This Brooklyn church complex at 18th Avenue and 83rd Street holds three buildings on a shady lot enclosed by an iron fence. The church, built by its parishioners in 1828 under the supervision of James Cropsey, uses fieldstone from the congregation's 1699 church, and the original bell still hangs in its tower. Its plan and interior are Georgian, with box pews and a gallery on fluted colonettes, while lancet windows and tower pinnacles add a Gothic touch. The 1892 church house, designed by Lawrence Valk, is a Richardsonian Romanesque building with Arts and Crafts interiors. The 1885 parsonage is a Shingle style residence that remains largely unchanged inside and out. The congregation was organized in 1677, and its early members included prominent Dutch families of Brooklyn. A liberty pole on the grounds, the sixth in succession, marks a spot tied to the British evacuation of 1783. Together the buildings show the church's long continuity in the community.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Church house: Lawrence Valk (architect); church (1828): James Cropsey, building supervisor; parsonage: architect unknown","architectural_style":"Georgian meeting house with Gothic details (church); Richardsonian Romanesque (church house); Shingle style (parsonage)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in religious use, and in excellent condition; the church has been altered over time (1869 eastern addition, 1892 windows).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.422105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002634.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002634/0dc7610017-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002634/0dc7610017-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Utrecht_parish_house_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Utrecht_parish_house_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318455","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Utrecht_Reformed_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12063902"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/new-utrecht-reformed-church-and-buildings-80002634/"}