{"nrhp_refnum":"97001456","name":"Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E of Morris, NY 51","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morris","county":"Otsego County","state":"NY","lat":42.54884857900004,"lon":-75.24268094799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Morris, Otsego County, New York, made up of an 1818 stone Gothic Revival church, an 1893 rectory and a 1901 parish house on East Main Street, plus the separate two-acre Harmony Cemetery about one and one-half miles away on Pegg Road.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be significant for its link to the growth and settlement of Morris from the 1790s onward, and for its architecture. The 1818 church is an early and somewhat rare regional example of Gothic Revival design, with a Victorian-era interior remodeling. The rectory and parish house are intact examples of their periods, and the cemetery preserves the record of the earliest parish and village residents.","narrative":"Zion Episcopal Church Complex in Morris, New York, combines an 1818 stone church, an 1893 rectory and a 1901 parish house on East Main Street with Harmony Cemetery, a two-acre burial ground about one and one-half miles away on Pegg Road. The cemetery marks the site of the parish's first church, built around 1801, and holds burials from c1800 to 1937. The village church was built on land donated by General Jacob Morris and follows the early English Gothic Revival style, with lancet-arched windows and a projecting stone tower topped by a wooden belfry. It may have been modeled on Trinity Church in New Haven, Connecticut. A chancel was added around 1867, and the interior was redone in a Victorian manner. The rectory and parish house survive as intact examples of their eras. Together the four resources record nearly two centuries of religious and social life in the community, which is why the complex was recognized for its role in local settlement and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"c1800-c1901","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Church, rectory and parish house remain in religious use; the cemetery retains burials dating from c1800 to 1937. The original Harmony Church no longer exists.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.560093-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97001456.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001456/aecbade73f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001456/aecbade73f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zion_Episcopal_Church_Morris_NY_Dec_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</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:Zion_Episcopal_Church_Morris_NY_Dec_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000031","name":"Morris Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/morris-village-historic-district-13000031/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321018","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Episcopal_Church_Complex_and_Harmony_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8072516"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/otsego-county/zion-episcopal-church-complex-and-harmony-cemetery-97001456/"}