{"nrhp_refnum":"96000669","name":"St. Paul's Episcopal","other_names":["Church of the Nazarene"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side of Main St., S of jct with Co. Rd. 181, Hamlet of La Fargeville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orleans","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.19065117500003,"lon":-75.96772458099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wood-frame Episcopal church built in 1878 on the east side of Main Street (Route 180) in the hamlet of LaFargeville, Town of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York. It later served as the Church of the Nazarene.","why_significant":"The church is a highly intact example of a vernacular rural church combining Stick Style and Gothic Revival features, with Gothic details translated from stone to wood for a modest congregation. It is also significant in the community's social history, recalling the hamlet's growing prosperity in the later nineteenth century and the Episcopal congregation organized in 1868.","narrative":"Built in 1878 on a lot of less than an acre in LaFargeville, this small wood-frame church combines Stick Style design with Gothic Revival details. It has a rectangular sanctuary under a steep gable roof, clapboard and saw-tooth vertical siding, leaded stained-glass windows with drip moldings, and a limestone block foundation. A square engaged bell tower was added in 1908. Inside, the original plan and finishes survive, including the raised pulpit, altar, altar railings and original globe lamps. The Episcopal congregation was organized in 1868 by the Rev. H.R. Lockwood, and the sanctuary was built within ten years at a cost of $3,000; no architect or builder is recorded. The church changed hands around 1900 and housed the Church of the Nazarene until 1994. It is listed for its architecture, as a distinguished example of Gothic features adapted from stone to wood for a small-town congregation, and for its role in the community's social history. It now stands empty and for sale.","period_of_significance":"1878-1908","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Stick Style, Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant and not in use; the church is standing empty and up for sale, after use by the Church of the Nazarene until 1994.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.341545-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000669.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313302","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_(Orleans,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/st-pauls-episcopal-96000669/"}