First United Methodist Church (Ilion, New York)
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First United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church at Ilion
in Herkimer County, New York
. It consists of the original church was built between 1864 and 1866 and the attached 1890 Remington Chapel. The main block of the church consists of tall, red brick masonry walls erected above a basement of cut stone in the Italianate
style. The 85 feet by 45 feet rectangular, gable roofed sanctuary features an engaged brick entrance / bell tower
. The Remington Chapel features Tiffany
stained glass windows installed in 1911 and 1928 in memory to members of the Remington family
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Ilion, New York
Ilion is a village in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 8,610 at the 2000 census. Ilion is a name for the ancient city of Troy.The Village of Ilion is at the north town line of the Town of German Flatts...
in Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 64,519. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part...
. It consists of the original church was built between 1864 and 1866 and the attached 1890 Remington Chapel. The main block of the church consists of tall, red brick masonry walls erected above a basement of cut stone in the Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
style. The 85 feet by 45 feet rectangular, gable roofed sanctuary features an engaged brick entrance / bell tower
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
. The Remington Chapel features Tiffany
Tiffany glass
Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios, by Louis Comfort Tiffany....
stained glass windows installed in 1911 and 1928 in memory to members of the Remington family
Eliphalet Remington
Eliphalet Remington designed the Remington rifle.He was born in 1793 in the town of Suffield, Connecticut, to parents whose origins lay in Yorkshire, England...
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.