The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Of Claverack New York

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Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230823188
Total Pages : 28 pages
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Download or read book Former Dutch Reformed Churches in New York written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Brighton Heights Reformed Church, Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Dutch Reformed Church (Newburgh, New York), Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter, Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex, Hyde Park Reformed Dutch Church, Marble Collegiate Church, New Middle Collegiate Church, New Utrecht Reformed Church, Old Dutch Church (Kingston, New York), Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, Prattsville Reformed Dutch Church, Reformed Church of Shawangunk, Reformed Dutch Church of Claverack, Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Klyne Esopus, St. Nicholas Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, St. Thomas More's Church (New York City), The Reformed Church of Newtown. Excerpt: The Old Dutch Church, officially known as the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, is located on Wall Street in Kingston, New York, United States. Formally organized in 1659, it is one of the oldest continuously existing congregations in the country. Its current building, the fifth, is an 1852 structure by Minard Lafever that was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2008, the only one in the city. The church's 225-foot (69 m) steeple, a replacement for a taller but similar original that collapsed, makes it the tallest building in Kingston and a symbol of the city. Lafever's building was described by Calvert Vaux as "ideally perfect." It is unique among his work as his only Renaissance Revival church that largely retains the original design, and the only stone church he is known to have built. Its interior includes stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany's company, and an extensive M.P. Moller pipe organ After a few early renovations, and the collapse of the higher original steeple, it has remained largely intact since 1892, although there have been continuing issues with one of the walls. One of the congregation's...