{"nrhp_refnum":"94000942","name":"Italy Valley Methodist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Italy Valley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Italy","county":"Yates County","state":"NY","lat":42.61096647200003,"lon":-77.29205413999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small, single-story frame Methodist church in the hamlet of Italy Valley, town of Italy, Yates County, New York, built in 1856 in the Greek Revival style. It sits on a small parcel on the east side of Italy Valley Road.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be an intact and representative example of traditional frame meeting house architecture in Yates County. It is a late, regionally outstanding example of Greek Revival ecclesiastical design, built when most communities had moved on to Gothic Revival. It retains a high degree of integrity inside and out and is an important local landmark.","narrative":"Italy Valley Methodist Church is a small frame meeting house on Italy Valley Road in the hamlet of Italy Valley, Yates County, New York. Built in 1856, it has a steeply pitched gable roof, clapboard siding, a stone foundation and a louvered belfry above the west entrance. Tall windows, pilasters, a broad frieze and a molded cornice give the modest building a sense of scale and weight, recalling the form of a stone Greek temple. The congregation first organized in 1813 but did not erect a permanent church until 1856. Choosing Greek Revival at that date was unusual, since Gothic Revival had replaced it in most other communities. The church is described as a builder's adaptation of the style, noted for rigorous simplicity. An early twentieth-century Colonial Revival addition at the rear holds a hall and kitchen, but original finishes survive nearly intact. It has served the rural residents of the valley since 1856 and remains a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1856","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in religious use; the form lists both historic and current function as religious property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.348842-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94000942.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315586","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_Valley_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706587"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/yates-county/italy-valley-methodist-church-94000942/"}