{"nrhp_refnum":"87000119","name":"Zion Memorial Chapel","other_names":["St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37 Point St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hamburg","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.58851195500006,"lon":-73.94945747599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Victorian Gothic style Episcopal chapel at 37 Point Street in New Hamburg, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1902 and designed by Edward Lansing Satterlee.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the chapel is a distinguished rural church in a late interpretation of Victorian Gothic, mixing Stick and Shingle style elements, with an intact interior. It is one of very few architect-designed buildings in the New Hamburg area. It is also a landmark whose dependence on the larger Zion Church in Wappingers Falls reflects the hamlet's social and economic ties.","narrative":"Zion Memorial Chapel, now known as St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson, is a wood-frame church built in 1902 at 37 Point Street in New Hamburg, on a terrace above the Hudson River. Designed by Edward Lansing Satterlee and built by William O'Rourke of Wappingers Falls, it has brown stained shingle siding, a steep slate roof with cross gables, a small pyramidal bell tower, and Gothic-arched windows with leaded glass. Its eaves flare, and bracing on the entrance porch shows Stick style influence. Inside, plastered walls, original pews and period furnishings survive. The chapel was listed as a late example of Victorian Gothic church design and as one of the few architect-designed buildings in the area. It began as a dependent chapel of Zion Episcopal Church in Wappingers Falls, and was named in memory of President William McKinley after his assassination. It remains an active church and a local landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Edward Lansing Satterlee; contractor William O'Rourke of Wappingers Falls","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic, with Stick and Shingle style elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a church (St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson); condition listed as good, with the interior described as completely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.525285-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87000119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000119/f2d155af48-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000119/f2d155af48-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zion_Memorial_Chapel,_New_Hamburg,_NY.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:Zion_Memorial_Chapel,_New_Hamburg,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312504","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Memorial_Chapel_(New_Hamburg,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8072547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/zion-memorial-chapel-87000119/"}