{"nrhp_refnum":"87000664","name":"Bangor Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NW corner of Main and Water Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blue Ball","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.13379915400003,"lon":-75.96144714899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-bay, one-and-a-half-story brownstone Episcopal church with a graveyard, an 1844 Greek Revival school building and a stone wall, at the northwest corner of Main Street and Water Street in Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1830.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is one of the earliest Gothic Revival churches in Lancaster County and an outstanding example of its type in the county, with pointed Gothic arch windows and a steep gable roof. The 1844 school building and the graveyard are described as closely tied to the church's history and to the congregation that built it.","narrative":"Churchtown's Bangor Episcopal Church occupies a corner lot on Main Street and Water Street in Caernarvon Township. Its brownstone walls were raised in 1830, and the building is a three-bay, one-and-a-half-story structure under a steep slate gable roof. Around 1880 the congregation added a steeple, art glass windows with floral and religious designs, and interior cornices and roof trusses, while the plan of the nave remained unchanged. Its congregation was founded in 1722, and the church's name derives from Bangor Cathedral in North Wales. The site also includes an 1844 Greek Revival school building, a graveyard with roughly 325 graves dating from the Revolutionary War onward, and a stone wall along the property line. The church is regarded as one of the earliest and finest Gothic Revival churches in Lancaster County.","period_of_significance":"1830-1880","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The church, school building, graveyard and stone wall are described as in excellent condition and retaining nearly full integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:30.29412-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000664.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000664/587083452a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000664/587083452a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangor_Episcopal_Churchtown_LanCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:Bangor_Episcopal_Churchtown_LanCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994875","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangor_Episcopal_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4855556"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/bangor-episcopal-church-87000664/"}