St. William's Catholic Church (Long Lake, New York)
St. William's Catholic Church | |
![]() St. William's Catholic Church, ca. 1905 | |
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Location | Long Point on Raquette Lake, Raquette Lake, New York |
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Coordinates | 43°49′33″N 74°37′55″W / 43.82583°N 74.63194°WCoordinates: 43°49′33″N 74°37′55″W / 43.82583°N 74.63194°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1890 |
Architect | J.C. Cady & Co.; |
Architectural style | Shingle Style |
NRHP reference No. | 04001446[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 7, 2005 |
St. William's Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church on Long Point on Raquette Lake in Raquette Lake, Hamilton County, New York.
Description[]
St. William's was designed by prominent New York architect J. Cleaveland Cady's firm at the height of Shingle Style architecture fashion. It was built by William West Durant in 1890 and is a rectangular, one-story Shingle Style church with a steeply pitched roof. The main facade features a two-story cylindrical tower capped by a conical roof and flanked by a pair of open porches.[2]
Since 1993, the building has served as a location for community events.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
Historic St. Williams Catholic Church on Long Point, Raquette Lake, New York
The altar of St. William's Catholic Church on Long Point, Raquette Lake, New York
The ceiling of St. Williams Catholic Church on Long Point. The entire ceiling has been hand-stencilled.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Steven C. Engelhart (March 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. William's Catholic Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 19 photos".
- ^ http://www.stwilliamsonlongpoint.org/church/church-history
External links[]
Media related to St. William's Catholic Church (Long Lake, New York) at Wikimedia Commons
- St. Williams on Long Point
Categories:
- Roman Catholic churches in New York (state)
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- 1890s architecture in the United States
- Shingle Style church buildings
- Churches in Hamilton County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, New York
- Roman Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Ogdensburg
- Shingle Style architecture in New York (state)
- Adirondack Mountains, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- New York (state) church stubs