{"nrhp_refnum":"95000047","name":"White Store Church and Evergreen Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of NY 8 and White Store Rd., 4 mi. S of South New Berlin","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norwich","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.48364171600008,"lon":-75.40591152999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 3.9-acre historic district in the rural Town of Norwich, Chenango County, New York, made up of a Federal style frame meetinghouse completed in 1820 and an adjoining cemetery established in 1805, on N.Y. Route 8 at White Store Road.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant under Criterion C for its largely unaltered architecture, funerary art and landscape design. The church is described as one of the best preserved New England style meetinghouses in Central New York. The cemetery has fine early stone carving and a landscape layout showing both churchyard tradition and Rural Cemetery Movement influence.","narrative":"White Store Church and Evergreen Cemetery occupy a hillside above Unadilla Creek in the Town of Norwich, Chenango County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1805 by a company of landholders, and a union church built by Baptists, Methodists and Universalists was completed in 1820. The church is a two-story Federal style frame meetinghouse with box pews, galleries and original 12-over-12 sash windows. Its only known alteration is the lowering of the pulpit in 1863. The cemetery holds about 400 monuments, from finely carved early stones to Victorian obelisks, along with dry-laid stone walls, cast iron fences, a 1906 stone receiving vault and cross-axial allees of arbor vitae. The property was listed for its well-preserved architecture, funerary art and landscape design. It reflects the New England origins of the Rhode Island families who settled the White Store community. It is also regarded as Chenango County's oldest public use cemetery.","period_of_significance":"1795-1934","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic / Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Church and cemetery are both still in religious and funerary use; few burials have taken place since 1940 and little space remains for new plots.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.128921-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000047.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316920","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Store_Church_and_Evergreen_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7995436"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/white-store-church-and-evergreen-cemetery-95000047/"}