{"nrhp_refnum":"98001065","name":"St. Paul's (Zion's) Evangelical Lutheran Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"57 S Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Red Hook","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.99162886600007,"lon":-73.87752256569897,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Romanesque Revival brick church built in 1889-90 at 57 South Broadway in the village of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, with a 14.9-acre complex of six contributing buildings and an active cemetery.","why_significant":"The church is argued to be a distinctive and highly intact example of Romanesque Revival ecclesiastical architecture in Dutchess County. It reflects the Akron Plan promoted by its architects, Lawrence B. Valk and Son, and is a fairly sophisticated example of the style for a small rural community. The wider complex also traces a Palatine German congregation's continuity from the 18th century.","narrative":"Set on the east side of South Broadway in Red Hook, this Lutheran church was built in 1889-90 to replace an earlier stone church that had become too worn to keep. Designed by Lawrence B. Valk and Son of New York City, it is a brick Romanesque Revival building with round-arched openings, a large rose window, a broached-spire bell tower and a rounded stair turret. Inside, semicircular pews on a sloping floor follow the Akron Plan, a layout meant to help the congregation hear the sermon. The building has changed little, with electric lighting, plumbing, a new floor and a replaced slate roof among the main alterations. The 14.9-acre property also holds a parish hall, parsonage, caretaker's residence, cemetery office, a barn and a cemetery whose earliest stone dates from 1813. The congregation descends from Palatine German settlers of the early 1700s. The property was recognized for its architecture and its largely unaltered condition.","period_of_significance":"c. 1813-1939","architect_builder":"Lawrence B. Valk & Son, Architect (church)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The church is almost entirely intact from its construction, with some deterioration needing repair to brick, stonework, woodwork and roofs. The cemetery is still active, and the property remains in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.498255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98001065.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001065/9c2febc2fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001065/9c2febc2fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Paul%27s_Lutheran_Church,_Red_Hook,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:St_Paul%27s_Lutheran_Church,_Red_Hook,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317479","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_(Zion%27s)_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769462"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/st-pauls-zions-evangelical-lutheran-church-98001065/"}