{"nrhp_refnum":"96000561","name":"North Settlement Methodist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Co. Rt. 10, E of jct. with Co. Rt. 32C","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashland","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.337758920000056,"lon":-74.29560155799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story wood-frame Methodist meeting house on North Settlement Road (County Route 10) in Ashland, Greene County, New York, built in 1826 and extensively remodeled in Greek Revival style in 1856. A small wood-frame privy behind it is also counted as contributing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an exceptionally intact example of traditional frame meeting house architecture in Greene County and an outstanding, rare example of its period and style in the Catskill Region. It retains features from both its 1826 construction and its 1856 Greek Revival remodeling. Together these features record the changing tastes and craft practices of the local community.","narrative":"Set back on a small lot on North Settlement Road in Ashland, this single-story wooden church was built in 1826 by a Methodist society formed in 1805. Its hand-hewn timber frame rests on a rubble stone foundation and is covered with narrow clapboards under a gable roof. By 1856 the building had decayed, and the congregation raised more than nine hundred dollars to remodel it in the Greek Revival style. Windows were lengthened and fitted with twelve-over-twelve sash, wide corner pilasters and heavy cornice moldings were added, and a new central entrance with a Doric surround replaced the original paired doors. Inside, original pews, a balcony, and mid-nineteenth-century wallpaper survive above a dropped ceiling added in the twentieth century. The church was listed for its rare, well-preserved character as a rural meeting house that shows how a small farming community's tastes changed over time. It is now open only on a limited basis.","period_of_significance":"ca.1826, 1856","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal and Mid-19th Century (Greek Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still a church, though the form says it is now open only on a limited basis; the 1943/1946 dropped ceiling is the main later alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.308784-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000561.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000561/88661ddc49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000561/88661ddc49-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RobertDrake2015","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Settlement_Methodist_Church_10-30-2015.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RobertDrake2015</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:North_Settlement_Methodist_Church_10-30-2015.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318009","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Settlement_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7056625"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/north-settlement-methodist-church-96000561/"}