{"nrhp_refnum":"84002947","name":"Brick Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Brick Church Rd. and NY 306","address_restricted":false,"city":"West New Hempstead","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.140433450000046,"lon":-74.06483058999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of four historic resources at Route 306 and Brick Church Road in West New Hempstead, town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York: a brick church built in 1856, its cemetery, a parish school, and a mid-eighteenth-century superintendent's house, on about four acres.","why_significant":"The complex is tied to the early settlement and growth of the New Hempstead area. The church belongs to the second oldest congregation in Rockland County and is a representative small rural Greek Revival church. The superintendent's house is vernacular colonial architecture and served as the town hall from 1791 to 1802, and the cemetery holds early settlers and Revolutionary War veterans.","narrative":"At the corner of Route 306 and Brick Church Road in West New Hempstead, a cluster of buildings records more than two centuries of community life. The brick church was built in 1856 on the site of an 1778 stone church, and its rear wall is still made from that earlier building. Its recessed vestibule has Doric columns, and the interior keeps its plaster ceiling, balcony and original pews. The congregation, organized in 1774, is the second oldest in Rockland County. Nearby are a parish school, which has been expanded several times, and a cemetery with graves from the late eighteenth century onward, including Revolutionary War veterans. The superintendent's house, built in the mid-eighteenth century as the home of settler Theunis Cooper, has hand-hewn framing and a beehive oven. It served as the town hall from 1791 to 1802. Together the buildings show the political, social, educational and religious life of the area. The church is still in use for worship.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown; architect Oscar Eikoff designed the 1901 school addition","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (church); Renaissance Revival bell tower; vernacular colonial (superintendent's house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The complex is still used as a place of worship. The schoolhouse was last used for public education in 1967 and since then has housed Sunday school, nursery school and parish activities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.74539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002947.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002947/ae35403d86-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002947/ae35403d86-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jimstu8","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_Church.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimstu8</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Brick_Church.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321422","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Church_Complex_(New_Hempstead,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965896"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/brick-church-complex-84002947/"}