{"nrhp_refnum":"82001080","name":"St. Mark's Lutheran Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Guilderland","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.70438620600004,"lon":-73.96893259499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Lutheran church building of 1872 on the north side of Main Street, west of Route 202, in the village of Guilderland Center, Guilderland, Albany County, New York. It is now used as a community building (St. Mark's Community Center).","why_significant":"The nomination presents the church as a significant example of quality craftsmanship and a vernacular interpretation of high-style church design. Its simplified ecclesiastical design has side aisles flanking an engaged front tower with a polygonal spire. Both interior and exterior retain considerable integrity. It was built when the Osborne Corners congregation divided and part moved to Guilderland Center.","narrative":"Built in 1872 on Main Street in Guilderland Center, this wood-frame, clapboard-sided building began as a Lutheran church and now serves as a community building. It was constructed after the congregation at Osborne Corners divided and part of it came to Guilderland Center to worship. The design is a vernacular interpretation of the Italianate style, with curved arched windows, a bracketed cornice, and a square bell tower with a pedimented cornice, topped by a polygonal spire. Side aisles flank the engaged front tower, a simplified form of church design popular in America since the eighteenth century. The nomination points to the building's quality craftsmanship and the considerable integrity of both interior and exterior; only the altar has been removed. The church sits on its original site, set back from the road, and survives in an area of growing suburban development. Its architect and builder are not recorded. Interior visits are possible by appointment and during productions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular interpretation of Italianate design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is rated fair, with no known threats. Original use was a church and present use is a community building. The interior is intact except that the altar has been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.434053-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001080.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001080/cd5b00e456-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001080/cd5b00e456-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centerpointe_Community_Church,_Guilderland,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centerpointe_Community_Church,_Guilderland,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312006","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Lutheran_Church_(Guilderland,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589966"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/st-marks-lutheran-church-82001080/"}