NRHP Reference # 11001090 Phone +1 845-373-8320 | Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 3 February 2012 | |
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Location 656 Smithfield Valley Rd., near Amenia, New York Built 1737 (1737), c. 1847-1848, 1857, 1938 Address 656 Smithfield Valley Rd, Amenia, NY 12501, USA Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Sharon Congreg Church, St Peter's Church, St Thomas, First United Presbyter Church, Christ Church Episcopal | ||
Smithfield Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1847-1848, and is a one-story, Greek Revival style heavy timber frame church sheathed in clapboard. It has a stone foundation and gable roof and features a tetrastyle portico supported by four Ionic order columns. The church was refurbished in 1938. Also on the property is a contributing horse shed, Sexton's House (1857), and church cemetery, with the earliest grave dated to 1737. George Whitefield (1714-1770) preached an open air revival sermon at the church in June 1770.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
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Smithfield Presbyterian Church (Amenia, New York) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA