North Blenheim Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at the hamlet of North Blenheim

North Blenheim, New York

North Blenheim is a hamlet in the town of Blenheim, New York. It has the longest wooden, single-span covered bridge in the United States, the Old Blenheim Bridge. The "Blenheim Gilboa Power Project Visitors Center" is also located there.-External links:...

 in Schoharie County, New York

Schoharie County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,582 people, 11,991 households and 8,177 families residing in the county. The population density was 51 people per square mile . There were 15,915 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...

. The district includes 25 contributing buildings and one contributing site. Most of the buildings exhibit some influence from the vernacular 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. Located within the district is an exceptional Greek Revival church built in 1841.

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 1974.