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St. Paul's (Zion's) Evangelical Lutheran Church

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The action involves the request by St. Paul's Lutheran Church for approval to subdivide approximately 14.96 acres in the Village of Red Hook into six lots. Five of the new lots range in size from 20,810 square feet to 54,735 square feet, leaving 11.49 acres in the remaining sixth lot. The property is
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By the early 21st century the church was struggling financially, and found that by April 2009 it would be broke. In 2008 it proposed to the village that it demolish the caretaker's cottage and parish hall in order to resubdivide the property and create five new buildable lots. The proceeds from doing
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The church's property is bounded by South Broadway on the west, Fisk Street to the north, Elizabeth Street in the east and a residence on the south. It is a complex of six buildings, four of which are in a row along the street with the 10 acre (4 ha), and two with the cemetery in the rear. All are
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In the 1880s the complex began to expand with the construction of the parish hall on the north end of the property. Two years later, the congregation's growth led to a fundraising drive for another new church. The stone church was demolished in 1889, as worshippers began digging a new cellar. The
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That church bought a five-acre (2 ha) plot in Red Hook at the current location in 1796 and moved in six years later. At that time the building now used as the caretaker's cottage was the only improvement, having been constructed a few years before. The congregation built a frame church that was
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listed on the National and State Registers of Historical Places as an historic church complex due to the presence of the main Church building, five contributing structures and the cemetery. Lot 1 includes the caretaker's house for the church and Lot 5 includes the parish hall for the church
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The cemetery grew enough that in the 1920s the office and barn were acquired, the last contributing resources on the property. It became necessary to acquire more land, and several adjoining parcels were bought until the church's land reached its present size in 1939. There have been a few
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The frame church blew down during a storm in 1834 and a new church was built of stone. A new church in a figurative sense came along in 1846, when the congregation was unable to find a pastor. To resolve the problem, they became Lutherans and became known as St. Paul's.
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The cemetery takes up the rear of the lot. It is mostly flat, with some undulation near the east side. Several paved and unpaved lanes cross it to provide vehicular access to graves, dividing it into 20 sections, their routes corresponding to former lot boundaries.
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came in subsequent years. In 1914 the congregation petitioned a New York court for a name change to the current corporate name, reflecting the church's origins as the Zion German Reformed Church.
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The early 20th century brought the parsonage to the property, in 1903. Three years later the church building was outfitted with electric light, and carpeting and a new
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to its historic character. In addition to the main entrances on Broadway there is an entry from Fisk Lane. The land is open with some mature trees.
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The floor is laid out following the late 19th-century Akron Plan. Pews are arranged in a semicircle on a sloping floor throughout the
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On the south end of the row of church buildings is the cemetery caretaker's home, the oldest building on the property. It is a five-
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or Long Island. His church in rural Red Hook is not any different from his urban churches of the period. It is most similar to the
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countrymen or because their congregation had grown enough to require its own church. They established what is today known as the
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It was designed by New York City architect Lawrence B. Valk, who had written extensively about church design in an 1873 book,
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completed the next year. Whether the cemetery was established prior to its earliest known burial, in 1813, is not known.
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and Red Hook areas at the invitation of another large local landholder, Henry Beekman. The Germans established a joint
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emigrants in the early 18th century. Its late 19th-century brick building is a sophisticated application of the
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likewise in sandstone. A similar porch and secondary entrance are on the northwest corner, at the base of the
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objected, saying that the caretaker's cottage was "organic to the site" and should be moved, not demolished.
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and the addition of an endwall chimney on the south side. The original slate roof was replaced in the 1970s.
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headstones predominate in five other sections, with the remainder being from the 20th century. There is one
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current church was built for $ 18,650 ($ 632,000 in contemporary dollars) and opened the following year.
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The church itself is located third from north. It is an asymmetrical brick building with cross-
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alterations since then. Work on the cellar in 1956 led to the removal of an original
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and deeply recessed windows and doors. Sail vaults support the ceiling, supported by
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The main entrance is at a small one-story flat-roofed stone porch, with its
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by a New York City architect. In 1998 the entire complex was listed on the
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In 1729 the Lutherans left, either due to a dispute with their
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so would help keep the cemetery and church functioning. Local
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and sandstone markers from that era. Victorian-era marble and
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roof and wraparound porch. To its north is the parish hall, a
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The earliest gravestone is dated 1813. It is one of a few
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house, whose steeply pitched roof is complemented by a
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is the official name of what is usually referred to as
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and smaller vaults rising from the columns. With the
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Affiliation
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Red Hook, New York
Geographic coordinates
41°59′30″N 73°52′41″W / 41.99167°N 73.87806°W / 41.99167; -73.87806
Architect(s)
Style
Romanesque Revival
General contractor
Materials
U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
NRHP
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Red Hook
lot
US 9
Reformed
Lutheran
Palatine German
Romanesque Revival
architectural style
National Register of Historic Places
contributing resources
gabled
cupola
facade
rose window
quatrefoil

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