Reformed Church of Beacon

Reformed Church of Beacon
East elevation, 2021
Religion
AffiliationReformed Church in America
Location
LocationBeacon, NY, United States
Geographic coordinates41°30′23″N 73°58′49″W / 41.50639°N 73.98028°W / 41.50639; -73.98028
Architecture
Architect(s)Frederick Clarke Withers
TypeChurch
StyleHigh Victorian Gothic
General contractorJ.F. Gerow, Samuel Bogardus[1]
Completed1860[1]
Specifications
Direction of façadeEast
MaterialsBrick
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Added to NRHP1988
NRHP Reference no.88001438
Website
Reformed Church of Beacon

The Reformed Church of Beacon, originally the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing, is a historic and architecturally-significant church in Beacon, New York. The congregation, who no longer occupies the building, claims it is the oldest church in Beacon.[2][3] It is located on NY 9D about 0.5 miles (1 km) south of Beacon's municipal complex and downtown area and overlooks the Hudson River from a bluff.

It was designed by Frederick Clarke Withers and built in 1860 using the High Victorian Gothic style, one of its earliest uses in the United States.[4] The church and its cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is one of three Withers buildings in the city on the Register and a rare example of his church architecture in this style.[5]

  1. ^ a b Todd, Nancy; Jettner, Alicia (July 25, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  2. ^ Sparks, Leonard (23 April 2021). "Church to Be Sold for Bar, Hotel". The Highlands Current.
  3. ^ "History". Reformed Church of Beacon. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  4. ^ Francis R. Kowsky, The Architecture of Frederick Clarke Withers and the Progress of the Gothic Revival in America after 1850 (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1980), 51
  5. ^ Eustatia and St. Luke's Episcopal Church are the other two.

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