St. William's Catholic Church (Long Lake, New York)
St. William's Catholic Church | |
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]
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