{"nrhp_refnum":"97000113","name":"Church of the Good Shepherd","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 11A, S of jct. with Webster Rd., Onondaga Reservation","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":42.94514688000004,"lon":-76.16148611999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Native American"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small frame church on the west side of Route 11A in the Indian Village area of the Onondaga Reservation, about eight miles south of Syracuse. The original construction date is unknown, and it was remodeled for Episcopal worship in 1869-70.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an intact example of a vernacular building adapted for Episcopal worship with Gothic Revival features typical of the mid-nineteenth century. It is also significant for its link to Episcopal missionary work among the Onondaga and Native Americans in central New York, which began in the early eighteenth century.","narrative":"Church of the Good Shepherd is a small frame church on the Onondaga Reservation, about eight miles south of Syracuse. Its date of construction is unknown, and tradition suggests it was moved to the site in the early nineteenth century. The building was acquired from the Wesleyans, and in 1868 the Onondagas gave it to the Episcopal Church in exchange for mission status. Under a plan by Bishop Huntington, it was remodeled in 1869-70 with a chancel, robing and choir rooms, pointed-arch windows and board-and-batten siding, and it was consecrated in September 1870. A school room followed in the late 1870s, a rectory in 1879, and a mission hall in 1939. The church is valued as a vernacular building adapted with Gothic Revival features and as a reminder of nearly three centuries of Episcopal missionary work among Native Americans in central New York. Weekly services continue.","period_of_significance":"1869-1939","architect_builder":"Contractor \"A. Russell\" (possibly Syracuse architect Archimedes Russell); remodeling plan prepared by Bishop Huntington","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century / Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Weekly services are still held in the church; the 1879 rectory is rented to Onondagas and its historic integrity is reduced by later additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.434574-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000113.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000113/1f449f2fc4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000113/1f449f2fc4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Doncram","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChurchOfTheGoodShepherd_291sm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doncram</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:ChurchOfTheGoodShepherd_291sm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314073","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd_(Syracuse,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117867"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/church-of-the-good-shepherd-97000113/"}