{"nrhp_refnum":"82003408","name":"Reformed Church of Shawangunk Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hoagerburgh Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bruynswick","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.65349445900006,"lon":-74.21393733499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-acre rural church complex on Hoagerburgh Road (Ulster County Route 18) near Bruynswick, in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. It includes a fieldstone church built in 1755, a 1751 parsonage, a 1916 assembly hall, a nineteenth-century carriage house and a burial ground.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church and parsonage are superb examples of vernacular stone architecture on the Shawangunk River plain and a visual landmark of rural Ulster County. Its continuous use as a spiritual center and its ties to the area's Dutch settlement add to its local significance. The ancillary buildings and the burial ground, with stones from 1752 onward, document the complex's long evolution.","narrative":"Along Hoagerburgh Road east of Bruynswick, a four-acre complex centers on a dressed fieldstone church built in 1755. It was renovated around 1797 and given a Greek Revival Ionic portico and tower, added in 1815 and altered in 1839. Twin exterior staircases lead to a balcony and the interior gallery. Across the road stand a fieldstone parsonage dating to 1751, restored in 1943 to its late eighteenth-century appearance, and a nineteenth-century carriage house with mortise-and-tenon framing. A 1916 assembly hall, funded largely by a youth temperance group, retains its pressed metal walls and ceiling. The burial ground east of the church holds several hundred stones, the oldest dated 1752, ranging from rough building stones to sandstone and marble markers. The nomination presents the complex as a local landmark reflecting the Dutch heritage and gradual growth of rural southwestern Ulster County, with a congregation that has used the church continuously for over two centuries.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival portico and tower on a vernacular stone church; Federal period interior alterations","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition and altered, on its original site. The church has been in continuous use as a house of worship since 1755, and the burial ground lies within an active modern cemetery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.343129-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003408.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003408/58b0f11ddb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003408/58b0f11ddb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reformed_Dutch_Church_of_Shawangunk.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:Reformed_Dutch_Church_of_Shawangunk.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322713","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_Church_of_Shawangunk","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7307493"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/reformed-church-of-shawangunk-complex-82003408/"}