NY 20, Duanesburg, New York. County/parish: Schenectady.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 24, 1987. NRIS 87000911.
Part of Duanesburg MRA (NRIS 64000548).
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church on NY 20 in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built in 1793 and is a two-story, rectangular meeting house with a freestanding tower. The square tower with octagonal spire was erected in 1811. Also on the property is a contributing carriage shed and cemetery. General William North (1755–1836), who owned the nearby North Mansion and Tenant House, is buried in the crypt. The church possesses a historic pipe organ, c. 1848, by Augustus Backus of Troy, New York.
The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314612