{"nrhp_refnum":"93001135","name":"St. James Church and Rectory","other_names":["10504.000074","10504.000075"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 17B N side, E of jct. with NY 97, Town of Delaware","address_restricted":false,"city":"Callicoon","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.76514992500006,"lon":-75.05254475499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A church and rectory ensemble on the north side of NYS Route 17B near the hamlet of Callicoon, Sullivan County, New York. The church was built in 1928 and the rectory around 1912, both by local contractor Martin Hermann.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a distinctive and largely unaltered early twentieth century religious ensemble. The stuccoed church blends Mission style elements with a traditional bell cote parish church form, and it keeps its original 1928 decorative scheme and furnishings. It was also the last church facility and major place of assembly built in the Upper Delaware Valley before the Great Depression.","narrative":"St. James Church and its rectory sit on a terrace above Route 17B at the edge of Callicoon, in Sullivan County, New York. The stuccoed church, completed in 1928 over cinder block construction, combines a Mission style bell tower with the simple gabled form of a medieval English bell cote church. Inside, dark wooden pews, open roof trusses, stained and painted glass, and a carved nineteenth century reredos survive from the original scheme. The rectory, built around 1912, is a clapboard Queen Anne style house with porches, a two-story bay window and colored glass in some windows. Both buildings were built by local contractor Martin Hermann. The congregation began with Episcopal services in 1874 and a small chapel in 1876, which was demolished to make way for the new church. The complex was listed as an intact early twentieth century ensemble, and as the last major place of assembly built in the Upper Delaware Valley before the Great Depression, during Callicoon's railroad-era growth.","period_of_significance":"1912-1928","architect_builder":"Martin Hermann","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival; Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used for religious purposes. The church has had only minor alterations, and the rectory has had no structural alterations since construction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.00085-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/93001135.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001135/2e7c192d62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001135/2e7c192d62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vonsky87","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_James_Church_,_Callicoon_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Vonsky87</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:St_James_Church_,_Callicoon_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Church_and_Rectory_(Callicoon,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588457"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/st-james-church-and-rectory-93001135/"}