208 W. Gray St., Elmira, New York. County/parish: Chemung.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 25, 1977. NRIS 77000936.
1 contributing building.
Park Church runs the length of an entire city block in Elmira, New York. The church was constructed from 1874 through 1876, replacing its much smaller, wooden predecessor. It was designed by Horatio Nelson White. The design of the limestone and brick church is highly eclectic.
Besides its architecture, the church is significant for its congregation of abolitionists and humanitarians. From 1854 until his death in 1900, Thomas Kennicott Beecher was the pastor of Park Church. Beecher, together with his twelve siblings including author Harriet Beecher Stowe, was brought up by liberal reformist clergyman Lyman Beecher.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316832