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First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
88002750

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Built
  
1837

Opened
  
1837

Added to NRHP
  
19 December 1988

First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport

Location
  
Main St./CR 10, Westport, New York

First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport, now known as United Church of Christ of Wadhams, is a historic Congregational church on Main Street/CR 10 in Westport, Essex County, New York. It was built in 1837 and is a vernacular, Federal style meeting house form building. It is a one story building with clapboard exterior siding and a simple gable roof. It features a two tiered belfry with dome shaped roof above the west gable end. The adjacent parish hall was formerly a dance hall and moved to this site in 1901. It is a plain, two story rectangular structure with a gable roof and clapboard siding.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport Wikipedia