{"nrhp_refnum":"80002779","name":"Bloomingburg Reformed Protestant Dutch Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 17M","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bloomingburg","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.55592859700005,"lon":-74.44248355199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Federal-style church on a hill at the western edge of the village of Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, New York, built 1821-22 by Peter Weller and George Miller for the Reformed Protestant Dutch congregation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a notable example of early nineteenth century church architecture and one of the oldest surviving churches in Sullivan County. It is the only one in the county with this Federal style detailing. Its eighty-foot steeple appears to derive from an Asher Benjamin design, and it has long been a local landmark.","narrative":"Perched on Gillen's Hill at the western edge of Bloomingburg, this timber-framed church was built in 1821-22 for a Dutch Reformed congregation that split from an earlier Presbyterian group. Peter Weller, a founding elder, and carpenter George Miller are credited with building it. Clapboard-sided and set on a fieldstone foundation, it has fanlights over three front entrances and a tall eighty-foot tower topped by octagonal belfry stages, a design that appears to derive from an Asher Benjamin pattern book. Inside are galleries, a choir loft and pressed-metal ceilings. Later changes include Italianate brackets under the eaves, added before 1885, and an altar moved to the rear in the 1860s. It is considered one of the oldest surviving churches in Sullivan County and the only one there with such Federal detailing. The county bought it in 1972, and a local restoration foundation has been repairing it for use as a museum and cultural center.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Peter Weller and George Miller","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by Sullivan County since 1972; being restored by the Bloomingburg Restoration Foundation for use as a regional cultural museum and cultural center. Vandalized during years of neglect before restoration began in 1975.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.244172-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002779.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002779/e4d520548a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002779/e4d520548a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bloomingburg_Reformed_Dutch_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Bloomingburg_Reformed_Dutch_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322341","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomingburg_Reformed_Protestant_Dutch_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4928300"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/bloomingburg-reformed-protestant-dutch-church-80002779/"}