{"nrhp_refnum":"96000667","name":"Methodist-Protestant Church at Fisher's Landing","other_names":["United Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Reed Point Rd., near jct. with Co. Rd. 195, Hamlet of Fisher's Landing","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orleans","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.27624609800006,"lon":-76.00873312599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wooden church built in 1898 on the south side of Reed Point Road in the hamlet of Fisher's Landing, Town of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York. It is now known as the United Methodist Church.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is architecturally significant as an excellent, highly intact example of late-19th-century vernacular religious architecture with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival influences. It is historically significant as a seasonal church that reflects the hamlet's growth as a summer community under the influence of nearby Thousand Island Park. It is described as the only intact architectural witness to the hamlet's height of prosperity.","narrative":"Built in 1898 on Reed Point Road in the hamlet of Fisher's Landing, this small wooden church faces the St. Lawrence River across the road. Designed in a rural vernacular Queen Anne style, it has a side-gable form with a square bell tower, a three-sided apse, sawtooth shingle work above the gable, and an unusual stained glass Palladian window on the west facade. Inside, pressed tin in four patterns and carved wooden door and window frames survive, along with the original pews and altar furnishings. The original bells still work. The church has never been heated, since it has always served a summer congregation. It was listed for both its architecture and its social history. It shows how Fisher's Landing shifted from an agricultural port to a small tourist community as Thousand Islands tourism peaked in the 1880s and 1890s. It retains the highest integrity of the churches in the Town of Orleans group and still holds summer services.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a church serving a summer congregation; well cared for with very little deterioration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.318099-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000667.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000667/a7e2b62b1f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000667/a7e2b62b1f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Stephen Schweitzer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Methodist-Protestant_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Schweitzer</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Methodist-Protestant_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313307","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist-Protestant_Church_at_Fisher%27s_Landing","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6823736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/methodist-protestant-church-at-fishers-landing-96000667/"}