Niskayuna Reformed Church
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Niskayuna Reformed Church is a historic Dutch Reformed
church located at 3041 Troy-Schenectady Road in Niskayuna in Schenectady County, New York
. It was built in 1852 and is a brick, gable roofed building in the Greek Revival
style. It has brick pilasters and a brick frieze
around the entire building. It features a two stage central tower consisting of a square section surmounted by an open hexagonal belfry
. The adjacent cemetery contains burials dating to the late-18th century. Another reformed church at Lisha Kill, built in 1854, is very similar in design.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1979.
Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church was a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It existed from the 1570s to 2004, the year it merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to form the Protestant Church in the...
church located at 3041 Troy-Schenectady Road in Niskayuna in Schenectady County, New York
Schenectady County, New York
Schenectady County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 154,727. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk Indian word meaning "on the other side of the...
. It was built in 1852 and is a brick, gable roofed building in the Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style. It has brick pilasters and a brick frieze
Frieze
thumb|267px|Frieze of the [[Tower of the Winds]], AthensIn architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon...
around the entire building. It features a two stage central tower consisting of a square section surmounted by an open hexagonal belfry
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 adjacent cemetery contains burials dating to the late-18th century. Another reformed church at Lisha Kill, built in 1854, is very similar in design.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1979.
External links
- Niskayuna Reformed Church, State Route 7 (Troy Road), Niskayuna, Schenectady County, NY: 4 photos, 2 data pages and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey