Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery

Built of native field stone in Hamilton Square, Monroe County, the church was designed by Henry Fenner and Peter Kester, with Levi M. Slutter as builder. The cornerstone was laid in 1829, and the building was completed and first used in November 1830 at a cost of about $4,300, funded largely by selling roughly 250 acres of church lands to area farmers. The congregation traces its formal beginning to 1768, and the nomination regards the church as the mother church of Lutheran and Reformed (United Church of Christ) congregations in the county. Its adjoining school was the first in the area, teaching in English and German. The enclosed cemetery holds 105 limestone headstones, mostly in German, with burials from 1793 to 1875, including eight Revolutionary War soldiers and some Civil War combatants. The interior features a balcony, a tracker-action organ, original pews, and stained glass in all 27 window wells. Burials ended in the mid 19th century because of high water tables and limited space.