{"nrhp_refnum":"88001438","name":"Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"44--50 Ferry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beacon","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.50638986800004,"lon":-73.99248440799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A church complex at 44-50 Ferry Street in Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, on a 2.2-acre parcel. It includes the brick High Victorian Gothic Reformed Dutch Church of 1859 designed by Frederick Clarke Withers, a 19th-century cemetery, and a non-contributing parsonage.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be an extremely early and distinguished American example of High Victorian Gothic architecture in the tradition of Ruskin. It predates the best-known examples of the style by several years and is one of Withers's earliest American works. It is also a local landmark tied to early families and the Reformed Dutch denomination, and the cemetery adds significance through its funerary art.","narrative":"Set on a 2.2-acre parcel on Ferry Street in Beacon, this church complex centers on a brick church built in 1859 for the Reformed Dutch congregation of Fishkill Landing. English-born architect Frederick Clarke Withers designed it in the High Victorian Gothic style, with broad horizontal massing, Gothic-arched openings, bands of light brick and a cross-gabled polychrome slate roof. Its early date makes it a forerunner of better-known American buildings in the style. In the 1870s the congregation added rear wings and a square tower with an octagonal spire, and an organ was installed in 1895-96. Behind the church lies a cemetery in use from 1813 until about 1930, with marble markers, obelisks and carved funerary motifs. A parsonage on the property was heavily altered in 1907 and is not counted as contributing. The church was listed for its architecture, its link to early local families, and its cemetery.","period_of_significance":"Church: 1859, 1870s, 1895-96; Cemetery: 1813-1930","architect_builder":"Frederick Clarke Withers (architect); J.F. Gerow of Matteawan (mason work); Samuel Bogardus of Fishkill Landing (carpenter work)","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Church is occupied and in religious use but altered and deteriorated, with roof leaks damaging plaster and ceiling panels; the cemetery is overgrown and in disrepair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.331116-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88001438.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001438/2ecfcc84f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001438/2ecfcc84f1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beacon_Dutch_Reformed_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case at English Wikipedia</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:Beacon_Dutch_Reformed_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317446","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_Church_of_Beacon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7307490"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/reformed-dutch-church-of-fishkill-landing-88001438/"}