{"nrhp_refnum":"82001278","name":"United Methodist Church and Parsonage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 E. Main and 31 Smith Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Kisco","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.20019316500003,"lon":-73.72587098799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Carpenter Gothic Methodist church built in 1868 and its Victorian parsonage (1871) on a two-acre site at 300 East Main Street and 31 Smith Avenue in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the church an excellent, elaborately detailed example of Carpenter Gothic church architecture. It is also significant for its link to the spread of Methodism in the region during the era of evangelical Protestantism. The additions and alterations are described as sympathetic to the original character, and the complex is called an important focal point of the community.","narrative":"Built in 1868 on a two-acre site in Mount Kisco, this wood-frame Methodist church is an example of Carpenter Gothic design. It was designed by J. King and built by local builder Edward Dauchey, a church member. The east facade has two towers of unequal height, slate roofing laid in a decorative pattern, and lancet windows. A parsonage in Victorian style with a mansard roof, completed in 1871, stands behind it and was the first Victorian residence on its street. The congregation traces back to Methodist meetings in the New Castle area in the late 1700s, and the 1868 building was its third church, placed midway between two growing neighborhoods. Later changes include a 1892 choir loft and pipe organ, a 1918 set of memorial windows, a 1938 memorial hall, a 1958 education wing, and a 1980 replacement steeple. The nomination describes these additions as sympathetic to the original building. The church and parsonage remain in use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific dates 1868, 1938)","architect_builder":"J. King, architect; Ed. Dauchey (Edward Dauchey), builder","architectural_style":"Carpenter Gothic (church); Victorian with mansard roof (parsonage)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a church and parsonage; the steeple was replaced in 1980 and the parsonage was extensively repaired in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.803389-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001278.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001278/53b92184ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001278/53b92184ee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Methodist_Church_and_Parsonage_Mount_Kisco_NY_Dec_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</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:United_Methodist_Church_and_Parsonage_Mount_Kisco_NY_Dec_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323275","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Methodist_Church_and_Parsonage_(Mount_Kisco,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7888252"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/united-methodist-church-and-parsonage-82001278/"}