{"nrhp_refnum":"88002213","name":"Methodist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Harwood Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandy Creek","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.643637917000035,"lon":-76.08252859999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick High Victorian Gothic church on Harwood Drive in the village of Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York, built 1878-1879 to designs by architect Winslow (W.A.) Tucker.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be an intact, representative example of High Victorian Gothic church architecture in Sandy Creek, with a corner tower, steep polychrome slate roof, and pointed-arch windows. It was built through a community-wide fund-raising effort using volunteer labor from the congregation. The exterior retains outstanding integrity of design and materials.","narrative":"On Harwood Drive in the village of Sandy Creek, this red brick church was built in 1878-1879 in the High Victorian Gothic style. Architect Winslow Tucker of Watertown designed it, and members of the Methodist congregation supplied all the labor under the pastor's supervision. Funds came mainly from the Methodists, some of whom mortgaged their farms, with gifts from other denominations as well. Its foundation uses stone slabs from Little Sandy Creek, the brick came from a Richland brickyard, and the roof is Vermont slate. The building has a three-tiered corner tower topped by a spire, a steeply pitched polychrome slate roof, tall pointed-arch windows with buff and black brick crowns, and stained glass installed in 1881. Interior changes between 1915 and 1967 left the original layout intact. A frame side wing added in 1963 and 1982 is subordinate to the main block. The church is considered the most architecturally distinguished large building in the twin villages of Sandy Creek and Lacona.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect W.A. (Winslow) Tucker; builder: volunteer labor of the congregation","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition with original site and interior layout retained; a non-contributing side wing was added in 1963 and 1982. Still serves as a church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.553455-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002213.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314275","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_Church_(Sandy_Creek,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6823746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/methodist-church-88002213/"}