{"nrhp_refnum":"97000114","name":"Saint Mark's Church","other_names":["Jamesville Community Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6492 E. Seneca Trnpk.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jamesville","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":42.99121449300003,"lon":-76.07224142999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small balloon-frame High Victorian Gothic church built in 1878 on the south side of Seneca Turnpike in the center of Jamesville, Town of Dewitt, Onondaga County, New York. It now operates as the Jamesville Community Museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an intact, representative example of a frame High Victorian Gothic church of the post-Civil War period. It was the first frame Episcopal church in the greater Syracuse area built in this style, and one of only a handful of the Diocese's pre-1880 churches in that idiom. It is reputedly the work of the Syracuse firm of Kirby and Merrick, though this needs further research.","narrative":"St. Mark's Church, built in 1878 in the center of Jamesville, is a small wood-frame Episcopal church in the High Victorian Gothic style. It rests on a limestone foundation and is distinguished by decorative shingling, stickwork, jigsawn bargeboards with trefoil motifs, paired wood buttresses and an inset belfry with a pyramidal cap. The parish was organized in 1831, and the earlier church was destroyed in a village fire in 1877. Some furnishings were rescued and installed in the new building. It was the first frame Episcopal church in the greater Syracuse area built in this style, and one of only a few pre-1880 churches in the Diocese to use it. Design is reputedly by Syracuse partners James H. Kirby and Asa L. Merrick, though this is unconfirmed. The parish closed in 1984, and the Jamesville Historical Society now operates the building as a museum, retaining the nave and chancel plan and many original furnishings.","period_of_significance":"1878-1927","architect_builder":"Reputedly James H. Kirby and Asa L. Merrick of Syracuse (attribution unconfirmed)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Gothic (High Victorian Gothic)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as the Jamesville Community Museum by the Jamesville Historical Society since the parish dissolved in 1984; the exterior is described as largely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.533206-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000114.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000114/57bb92387b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000114/57bb92387b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Gilbert Ask","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Jamesville_(Onondaga_County,_New_York).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilbert Ask</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Jamesville_(Onondaga_County,_New_York).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314049","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mark%27s_Church_(Jamesville,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7401771"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/saint-marks-church-97000114/"}