{"nrhp_refnum":"85002271","name":"Livingston Memorial Church and Burial Ground","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"CR 10 & Wire Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Linlithgo","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.17107393900005,"lon":-73.84688772099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Gothic Revival memorial church built in 1870 with an adjoining burial ground, at County Route 10 and Wire Road in Linlithgo, Columbia County, New York. It sits on the site of a 1721/22 manor church and above the Livingston family vault established in 1727.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant for its ties to the Livingston family, whose members were buried in the vault for eleven generations, including three manor lords. It is also described as the oldest site of continuous Protestant worship in the Hudson Valley. The tenants' graveyard, with thirty-nine stones dated 1779-1890, is said to illustrate life on Livingston Manor.","narrative":"Located in the hamlet of Linlithgo, this small brick church and its burial ground mark a site used for worship since 1721. The present building dates from 1870 and follows a rural Gothic Revival form, with pointed-arch windows, modest brick detailing and a square tower added around 1890. It stands on the site of the original manor church built under Robert Livingston, founder of Livingston Manor, and above the family vault begun in 1727. Livingston burials continued there into the twentieth century, an unusually late survival of church burial. Over time the church served the wider community and became the mother church for five other congregations on the manor. Behind it lies a small graveyard of thirty-nine stones, five of them red sandstone markers from 1779-1781, closed in 1890. Carpenters Avery and Hildreth and mason James M. Van Buren of Hudson built the church. Its windows memorialize Livingston family members, including the Reverend John Henry Livingston.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Avery & Hildreth, carpenters, and James M. Van Buren, mason (1870)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (rural)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; used as a religious property. The old vault under the main church is sealed, and only the newer vault under the tower is accessible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.478383-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002271.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002271/ffcab1d553-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002271/ffcab1d553-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John S. Hirth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Livingston_Memorial_Church,_Linlithgo,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John S. Hirth</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:Livingston_Memorial_Church,_Linlithgo,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317030","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livingston_Memorial_Church_and_Burial_Ground","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6659665"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/livingston-memorial-church-and-burial-ground-85002271/"}