Lordville Presbyterian Church (Additional Documentation)
Why it's listed
Built in 1896 beside Lordville Road, this small Presbyterian church is a one-story wood frame building with clapboard siding, a steep gabled roof and a bluestone foundation carved with its construction date. Gothic Revival details include pointed arch stained glass windows, a gabled side entry with tracery, and a small open belfry topped by a four-sided steeple. Inside, a raised platform, wainscoted walls and ceiling, and theater-style wooden seats survive, and only electrical fixtures have been altered. The congregation grew from a revival in December 1894 and later prayer meetings, then voted to become Presbyterian and hired Brokaw and Company of Deposit, New York. The building cost $1,607.85 and was turned over to trustees in September 1896. Its construction coincided with the boom in bluestone quarrying, summer tourism and Erie Railroad service in Lordville. It is valued as a highly intact example of a small late nineteenth-century village church in the Upper Delaware Valley.
Significance in brief: The church is a modest but highly intact, representative example of the small Protestant churches that spread through the Upper Delaware Valley's smaller communities in the late nineteenth century. It is significant under Criterion C and Criteria Consideration A. It is also tied to the growth of quarrying, tourism and the Erie Railroad, linking it to two historic contexts of the Upper Delaware multiple property listing.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 00000052, listed February 4, 2000. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Lordville Rd., Lordville |
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| County | Delaware County |
| Listed | February 4, 2000 |
| Reference number | 00000052 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1896 |
| Architect / builder | Brokaw & Co., Deposit, NY, general contractor |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian (Gothic Revival references) |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a religious facility; the building is described as virtually unaltered since 1896 except for electrical fixtures. |
| Acreage | 0.06 |
| Coordinates | 41.86985, -75.21550 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
Religious properties are listed for their architectural or historical significance, not their religious use. Listing is honorary and does not restrict the congregation's use of the building. The federal rehabilitation credit is generally unavailable unless part of the building is income-producing; some state programmes and preservation grants do cover religious buildings. Federal funding or permits trigger Section 106 review.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 00000052.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6680258
- This listing as JSON
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