Ten Mile River Baptist Church

Ten Mile River Baptist Church
Location NY 97, jct. with Cochecton Trnpk., Tusten, New York
Coordinates 41°33′36″N 75°1′0″W / 41.56000°N 75.01667°W / 41.56000; -75.01667Coordinates: 41°33′36″N 75°1′0″W / 41.56000°N 75.01667°W / 41.56000; -75.01667
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1856
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Upper Delaware Valley, New York and Pennsylvania, MPS
NRHP Reference # 97000422[1]
Added to NRHP May 9, 1997

Ten Mile River Baptist Church, also known as Tusten Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church on NY 97, at the junction with Cochecton Turnpike in Tusten, Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1856 and is a small frame meeting house with modest Greek Revival style detailing. It features a small, reconstructed, bell tower and spire.[2] The church cemetery includes the gravesite of Gustavus A. Neumann, founding editor of the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Mark Peckham and Mary Curtis (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ten Mile River Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying four photographs


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