Seventh Day Baptist Church (DeRuyter, New York)
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Seventh Day Baptist Church is a historic Baptist
church located at DeRuyter
, Madison County, New York
. It was built about 1835 and is a two story, rectangular frame meeting house
, sheathed in clapboard and with a gable roof. It features a small projecting pavilion on the front facade and a multi-stage centered steeple
. The church membership decided to close in 1991 and the building was deconsecrated in 2000. The building was subsequently acquired by the Tromptown Historical Society.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2005.
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
church located at DeRuyter
DeRuyter (village), New York
DeRuyter is a village located in the Town of DeRuyter in Madison County, New York, USA. The population was 531 at the 2000 census. The village and town are named after Michiel Adriaenszoon De Ruyter, a famous admiral in the Dutch navy....
, Madison County, New York
Madison County, New York
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,442. It is named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America...
. It was built about 1835 and is a two story, rectangular frame meeting house
Meeting house
A meeting house describes a building where a public meeting takes place. This includes secular buildings which function like a town or city hall, and buildings used for religious meetings, particularly of some non-conformist Christian denominations....
, sheathed in clapboard and with a gable roof. It features a small projecting pavilion on the front facade and a multi-stage centered steeple
Steeple
Steeple may refer to:Placenames* Steeple, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland* Steeple, Dorset, a hamlet in south Dorset, England* Steeple, Essex, a very small village in south Essex, England...
. The church membership decided to close in 1991 and the building was deconsecrated in 2000. The building was subsequently acquired by the Tromptown Historical Society.
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 2005.