Methodist Episcopal Church
Also known as: United Methodist Church
Why it's listed
Built between 1856 and 1859, this former Methodist Episcopal church sits on Harrisburg Road in Stony Creek, an Adirondack foothill hamlet once busy with logging, milling and tanning. It is a pegged timber-frame building with clapboard siding, a stone foundation, a metal-clad gable roof and a bell tower added in 1874. Its design is a simple, vernacular Greek Revival: a pedimented front gable, wide corner pilasters, a three-bay facade and a heavy trabeated central entrance. Unknown local carpenters appear to have worked from mid-nineteenth century pattern books, showing how the style reached remote parts of Warren County by the 1850s. The original windows were replaced with memorial stained glass in the 1950s. The church is the only intact historic religious building in the hamlet and remains a prominent landmark. Deconsecrated in the 1990s, it is being turned into a community room by the neighboring library. It recalls the hamlet's prosperous nineteenth-century past.
Significance in brief: It is an intact, representative example of mid-nineteenth century wood frame church architecture in Stony Creek, showing Greek Revival features spread through pattern books to remote areas. It is the only intact historic religious building in the hamlet. It is also one of the largest and most intact reminders of the hamlet's logging and milling heyday.
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 10000031, listed February 17, 2010. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 33 Harrisburg Rd., Stony Creek |
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| County | Warren County |
| Listed | February 17, 2010 |
| Reference number | 10000031 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1856 - 1874 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revivals/Greek Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Deconsecrated in the 1990s; listed current function is vacant, and it is being converted into a community room in conjunction with the adjacent library. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 43.42760, -73.92939 (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.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 10000031.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6823791
- This listing as JSON
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