Union Meeting House (Cape Vincent, New York)
Union Meeting House | |
| Location | Millens Bay Rd., Cape Vincent (town), New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°10′19″N 76°14′32″W / 44.17194°N 76.24222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1869–1871 |
| MPS | Cape Vincent Town and Village MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002479[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 27, 1985 |
Union Meeting House, also known as the Millens Bay Union Church, is a historic church located at Millens Bay in the Town of Cape Vincent in Jefferson County, New York.[2] It was built between 1869 and 1871 as a cooperative Episcopal and Methodist union church, as a mission of St. John's Episcopal Church in the village of Cape Vincent and of the Methodist-Episcopal Church in St. Lawrence.[3] It is a one-story wood-frame structure, rectangular in plan, one bay wide and four bays long. It features a steeply pitched gable roof and steeple with a six sided spire.[4] It can seat about 200 individuals.[3] Interdenominational services are held on Sunday mornings in July and August each summer.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce, Community Organizations (2020). "Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce". Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ a b Child, Hamilton (1890). Horton, William (ed.). "Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y. 1684-1890. p.317". Google Books. Syracuse NY: The Syracuse Journal Company. p. 317. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ JoAnn Beck (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Union Meeting House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-12-10.