{"nrhp_refnum":"91001670","name":"Holland Patent Stone Churches Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Main St., Park Ave., Park Pl. and Willow Cr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Holland Patent","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.24111614200007,"lon":-75.25690501599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","European","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in the village of Holland Patent, Oneida County, New York, made up of a village green laid out in 1798, an 1890s bandstand, and four Greek Revival stone churches built between 1842 and 1858 on Main and Church Streets.","why_significant":"The four churches are distinguished examples of Greek Revival religious architecture in Oneida County, built of local Trenton limestone by local masons. The green reflects New England community planning ideals brought by the first settlers and later changes in the design of public open space. The former Welsh Congregational Church also represents the area's Welsh immigrant community.","narrative":"Four limestone churches and a village green form this historic district in Holland Patent, Oneida County. The green was set aside as a 7.5-acre public square in 1798 by the first settlers, who came from Connecticut and followed New England planning traditions. Around it rose the Unitarian church (1842), the Presbyterian church (1843), the Baptist church (1844) and the Welsh Congregational church, remodeled from an older stone building in 1858. All are Greek Revival buildings of locally quarried Trenton limestone, with pedimented gable fronts, heavy cornices and Doric or Ionic detailing. Local masons Charles Ackley and Andrew Rockwell built two of them. Only the Presbyterian church still serves its original purpose; the others now serve as a parish hall and as homes. The Welsh church is the last reminder of a once-thriving Welsh community. The green was landscaped over the later nineteenth century and gained an octagonal bandstand in the 1890s.","period_of_significance":"1798-1900","architect_builder":"Charles Ackley; Andrew Rockwell","architectural_style":"Mid-Nineteenth Century; Greek Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Only the Presbyterian church remains in its original use. The Baptist church is a parish hall, and the Welsh Congregational and Unitarian churches have been converted to residences.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.781618-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91001670.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001670/d371f87f5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001670/d371f87f5b-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:Presbyterian_Church_Holland_Patent_NY_Jul_10.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:Presbyterian_Church_Holland_Patent_NY_Jul_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320215","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Patent_Stone_Churches_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5881055"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/holland-patent-stone-churches-historic-district-91001670/"}