{"nrhp_refnum":"99000563","name":"Christ Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41 Gardiner Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Walton","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.16980900500005,"lon":-75.12871786099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame Gothic Revival church at 41 Gardiner Place in the village of Walton, Delaware County, New York, built in 1832 (the form also gives 1834 as the original date), with an adjacent rectory dating from 1853 and a 1964 parish house addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a distinctive example of nineteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture in Walton. It combines a Federal-period meetinghouse form with Gothic Revival features such as lancet-arched openings and a belfry tower. It also shows later changes: an 1883 remodeling and move, and interior finishes from after a 1961 fire that recall Victorian Gothic Revival decoration. The rectory incorporates an original mid-nineteenth century house into a larger Victorian building.","narrative":"Christ Episcopal Church stands at 41 Gardiner Place in Walton, a village on the West Branch of the Delaware River. Built in 1832 and attributed to local builder Riley Smith, the wood-frame church blends a Federal-period meetinghouse shape with Gothic Revival details, including lancet-arched windows and a central tower topped by a tracery-decorated wooden belfry. Its design was patterned on St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Bainbridge. In 1883 the building was moved back about twenty feet for road widening, received stained-glass windows, and gained a distinct chancel. A 1961 fire destroyed the roof and damaged the tower and interior, leading to repairs and a Victorian-style Gothic interior with exposed trusses and mahogany paneling. The property also includes an 1853 rectory, enlarged in the 1880s into a two-and-a-half-story Victorian house, and a 1964 parish house addition. The church is valued for its intact early exterior and its record of changing Episcopal church design.","period_of_significance":"1834-c1883","architect_builder":"Riley Smith, builder","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility, with the rectory in domestic use; the interior largely reflects restoration after a 1961 fire, and the roof and tower were restored in 1990.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.813539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000563.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000563/000a22ed4e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000563/000a22ed4e-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:Christ_Episcopal_Church_Walton_NY_Apr_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:Christ_Episcopal_Church_Walton_NY_Apr_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317189","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Episcopal_Church_(Walton,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108890"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/christ-episcopal-church-99000563/"}