Oppenheim and St. Johnsville Union Society Church
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Oppenheim and St. Johnsville Union Society Church, also known as Crum Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, is a historic Lutheran
church at 110 County Highway 108 in Crum Creek
, Fulton County, New York
. It was built in 1853 and is a -story, rectangular frame building, three bays wide and five bays deep. It has a polychrome slate
roof, rests on a cut limestone
foundation, and is clad in brick added in 1907. It features a square, open belfry
with four sawn Gothic spires. The last church service in the building was held in September 2009.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2010.
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
church at 110 County Highway 108 in Crum Creek
Oppenheim, New York
Oppenheim is a town in Fulton County, New York, United States. The town is at the western border of the county and is east of Utica. The population was 1,774 at the 2000 census.- History :...
, Fulton County, New York
Fulton County, New York
Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,531. Its name is in honor of Robert Fulton, who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat...
. It was built in 1853 and is a -story, rectangular frame building, three bays wide and five bays deep. It has a polychrome slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
roof, rests on a cut limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
foundation, and is clad in brick added in 1907. It features a square, open 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...
with four sawn Gothic spires. The last church service in the building was held in September 2009.
It was listed on 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 2010.