{"nrhp_refnum":"86001306","name":"United Church of Canastota","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"144 W. Center St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canastota","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":43.07836131300007,"lon":-75.75361729699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large stone and brick church at 144 West Center Street in Canastota, Madison County, New York, built in 1903 to designs by architect M.H. Hubbard of Utica.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a distinctive example of turn-of-the-century religious architecture in Canastota, combining Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne and High Victorian Gothic elements with Arts and Crafts traces inside. It is also the work of church architect Melvin H. Hubbard and is tied to the Presbyterian congregation and the later merged Presbyterian and Methodist congregations.","narrative":"Built in 1903, this church at 144 West Center Street in Canastota is a large rectangular building of stone and brick with an irregular, picturesque profile. A multi-gabled roof, cross gables and several towers shape its outline, and the front facade has a broad central block between two corner towers. Rusticated stone trim contrasts with the brick, and one tower holds a frame bell tower with the original bell. Melvin H. Hubbard of Utica, a church architect, designed it, with local masonry and carpentry work by J.W. McPherson and E.E. Stafford. The building blends Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne and Gothic ideas, and its interior retains original pews, woodwork and small Arts and Crafts style windows, along with a 1940 Keck Studios window. It was built for Canastota's Presbyterian congregation, which joined the Methodists in 1966 to form the United Church. It is valued as a rare, well-preserved survivor near the edge of the downtown and as a local landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: M.H. (Melvin H.) Hubbard, Utica; builders: J.W. McPherson, Canastota (masonry), and E.E. Stafford, Earlsville (carpentry)","architectural_style":"Eclectic, combining Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne and High Victorian Gothic, with Arts and Crafts influence in the interior","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a church; described as in excellent condition on its original site, with interior alterations made in 1946 and later.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.358851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86001306.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001306/5b5fc2e251-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001306/5b5fc2e251-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Church_of_Canastota_Sept_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</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_Church_of_Canastota_Sept_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313458","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Canastota","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7887587"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/united-church-of-canastota-86001306/"}