{"nrhp_refnum":"97000115","name":"Saint Paul's Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 E. Williams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waterloo","county":"Seneca County","state":"NY","lat":42.905665774000056,"lon":-76.85953781999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A masonry Gothic Revival Episcopal church at 101 East Williams Street in the Village of Waterloo, Seneca County, New York, built in 1863-64 on the site of an 1825 church, with an attached 1916 parish house.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion C as a fully intact example of a Gothic Revival parish church designed by Henry Dudley and Frederic Diaper in the English parish church tradition promoted by the New York Ecclesiological Society. Under Criterion A it represents religion and community development, replacing an earlier church the growing parish had outgrown. The 1916 Collegiate Gothic parish house reflects the church's expanding social and educational role.","narrative":"St. Paul's Church is a rough-cut limestone Gothic Revival building on the northeast corner of East Williams and Church Streets in Waterloo, New York. Completed in 1863-64 on the site of an 1825 church, it has a nave with side aisles, transepts, an octagonal chancel and an asymmetrical south tower topped by a tall stone spire. Multi-colored slate roofing, iron ridge cresting, pointed-arch openings and a rose window remain, and the interior features black walnut pews and chancel furnishings. The design is credited to English-trained architects Henry Dudley and Frederic Diaper, with New York City contractors Seth W. Howard and John Price as builders. The church was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of English parish church design adapted to rural American conditions, and for its role in religion and community development as a growing parish replaced an inadequate earlier building. A large Collegiate Gothic parish house, added in 1916, reflects the congregation's wider social and educational activities. The parish remains active.","period_of_significance":"1863-1916","architect_builder":"Henry Dudley and Frederic Diaper, architects; Seth W. Howard and John Price, builders","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century / Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an active parish; the building retains a very high degree of integrity with minimal interior or exterior alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.19258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000115.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000115/4b89d001c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000115/4b89d001c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Pauls_Church_Waterloo_Aug_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Pauls_Church_Waterloo_Aug_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000134","name":"Women's Rights National Historic Park (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/womens-rights-national-historic-park-boundary-increase-12000134/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314648","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Church_(Waterloo,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7402011"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/seneca-county/saint-pauls-church-97000115/"}