{"nrhp_refnum":"99000505","name":"Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"42, 46, 50 Cornell St., 73 Reid St,","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amsterdam","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.94924609200004,"lon":-74.18192408561688,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Polish Catholic parish complex at 42, 46, 50 Cornell Street and 73 Reid Street in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It has four brick buildings (church 1897, school 1906, convent 1934, rectory 1940/41) and a stone retaining wall.","why_significant":"The complex is a highly intact group of religious buildings tied to the growth of Amsterdam's Polish immigrant community. It served as the social, educational and religious center for Polish residents. The church is a representative example of work by Troy architect Edward W. Loth, and its interior received stained glass and redecoration by artist Guido Nincheri in the 1940s.","narrative":"Perched on a wooded bluff above Amsterdam and the Mohawk River valley, this parish complex groups a church, school, convent and rectory built between 1897 and 1940. The brick church, designed by Troy architect Edward W. Loth in a Late Gothic Revival style, has a bell tower, slate roofs, a transept added in 1912 and a richly stenciled interior. In the 1940s the Montreal artist Guido Nincheri redecorated the interior and designed its stained-glass windows. The complex grew from the efforts of Polish immigrants who arrived in the 1880s to work in brickyards, quarries and the city's carpet and knitting mills. Lacking a parish of their own, they formed St. Stanislaus Society in 1888 and raised money, with parishioners digging the cellar by hand and mortgaging their homes to finish the church. Felician Sisters arrived in 1903 to teach in the school. The group remains a landmark and a center of community life for Amsterdam residents of Polish descent.","period_of_significance":"1897-1940s","architect_builder":"Edward W. Loth","architectural_style":"Late 19th/Early 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The buildings remain in religious and school use and retain a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.6224-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000505.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000505/de1ce212f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000505/de1ce212f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Stanislaus_Roman_Catholic_Church_Amsterdam_NY_Apr_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</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:Saint_Stanislaus_Roman_Catholic_Church_Amsterdam_NY_Apr_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319043","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stanislaus_Roman_Catholic_Church_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7402184"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/saint-stanislaus-roman-catholic-church-complex-99000505/"}