Built 1828 NRHP Reference # 80002634 Area 3,642 m² | Architect Valk, Lawrence; Et al. Opened 1653 Phone +1 718-232-9500 | |
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Architectural style Shingle Style, Georgian, Richardsonian Romanesque Location 8523 16th Ave., Brooklyn, New York Address 1827 84th St, Brooklyn, NY 11214, USA Similar Flatlands Dutch Reformed, Flatbush Reformed Dutch Ch, Bay Ridge United Methodist, Milestone Park, Old First Reformed Church | ||
The living nativity new utrecht reformed church brooklyn
New Utrecht Reformed Church is the fourth oldest Reformed Church in America congregation in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York. The church was established in 1677 in the town of New Utrecht, Brooklyn and is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, a Protestant denomination. The present church was built in 1828 of stones taken from the original church built in 1700. The parish house was built in 1892 and the parsonage in 1906. The Liberty Pole, the sixth on the site of the present church, was originally erected in 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War to harass departing British troops. The cemetery was built in 1654; 1300 dead are interred there.
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The church received landmark status in 1966; the parish house and the cemetery received landmark status in 1998. Both the church and the cemetery are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.