{"nrhp_refnum":"97001387","name":"Saratoga Reformed Church, Old","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Burgoyne and Pearl Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schuylerville","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":43.09844870100005,"lon":-73.58428023899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Greek Revival church built in 1857 and an adjacent brick parsonage built in 1899, on a 1.3-acre corner lot at Burgoyne and Pearl Streets in the village of Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is a substantially intact, representative example of mid-19th-century religious architecture in Schuylerville and is tied to the region's oldest religious society, founded as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church before 1770. Its monumental Classical portico reflects late Greek Revival influence. Later changes, including the organ, stained glass windows, parsonage and 1930s renovations, show the congregation maintaining the property during local prosperity.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Burgoyne and Pearl Streets in Schuylerville, this two-story red brick church was completed in 1857 for the Old Saratoga Reformed Church congregation. A tall portico with four Ionic-capital masonry columns dominates the south front, and a staged tower with a louvered belfry and polygonal spire rises above the roof ridge. Inside, the sanctuary sits on the upper floor and holds a pipe organ installed in 1888. Ten stained glass memorial windows were added in the early 1900s. A foursquare brick parsonage built in 1899 stands beside it. The congregation began as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, organized in 1770, and used three earlier buildings before moving into this one. The property was listed for its religious history and its Greek Revival design, which follows the New England meetinghouse plan. It remains in religious use and keeps substantial integrity from the period ending with 1930s renovations.","period_of_significance":"1857-ca. 1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The church and parsonage continue their historic religious functions, with the parsonage still serving as a clerical residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.623893-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97001387.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001387/7fc2a83e1a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001387/7fc2a83e1a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Saratoga_Reformed_Church_Jun_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</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:Old_Saratoga_Reformed_Church_Jun_10.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"76001274","name":"Champlain Canal","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/champlain-canal-76001274/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321625","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saratoga_Reformed_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707139"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/saratoga-reformed-church-old-97001387/"}