{"nrhp_refnum":"92000554","name":"First Baptist Church of Phelps","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Phelps","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.95498303800008,"lon":-77.05837806999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Greek Revival cobblestone church built in 1845 at 40 Church Street in the village of Phelps, Ontario County, New York. It was originally built as the Baptist Chapel of Vienna, the earlier name of Phelps.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criterion C as a distinguished example of cobblestone construction in Western New York and as an outstanding Greek Revival religious building in Phelps. It is one of 21 extant cobblestone churches in the state and appears to be the most masterfully executed of them. It is also one of the few cobblestone buildings with known master masons, John Skinner and Stephen Trumbull.","narrative":"Completed in 1845 on Church Street in the village of Phelps, this Baptist church is built of lake-washed cobblestones with limestone quoins, lintels and sills. Its front is dominated by a pedimented portico with four fluted Doric columns, topped by a frame bell tower. The best, smallest and most evenly colored stones were reserved for the front facade, with rougher stones used on the sides and rear, a practice typical of mature cobblestone work. The congregation, organized in 1843 when the village was still called Vienna, contracted masons John Skinner and Stephen Trumbull to build the church in the first rate style. Of roughly 660 cobblestone buildings in New York, only about 40 are tied to named masons. The church is one of 21 surviving cobblestone churches in the state, and only three show comparable Greek Revival sophistication. Its interior was remodeled in the 1880s and 1920s, and it remains a local landmark and an active church.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1845","architect_builder":"John Skinner and Stephen Trumbull (masons)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century; Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church; interior remodeled in the 1880s and 1920s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.325683-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000554.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000554/375461d154-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000554/375461d154-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Baptist_Church_of_Phelps_Dec_08.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</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:First_Baptist_Church_of_Phelps_Dec_08.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314101","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_of_Phelps","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8563340"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/first-baptist-church-of-phelps-92000554/"}