Webster Baptist Church (Webster, New York)

Webster Baptist Church
Webster Baptist Church, April 2010
Location59 South Avenue, Webster, New York
Coordinates43°12′38″N 77°25′52″W / 43.21056°N 77.43111°W / 43.21056; -77.43111
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1856
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.91001672[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 07, 1991

Webster Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Webster in Monroe County, New York. It is a large Greek Revival style cobblestone church building built in 1856. The building features an octagonal open domed belfry supported by eight Ionic columns. It has a veneer of small, rounded and uniform lake-washed cobbles. It is one of only 14 cobblestone church buildings in New York state, and of 106 cobblestone structures in Monroe County.[2] The building was fully renovated in 1965.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Nancy L. Todd (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Webster Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying eight photographs
  3. ^ "Congregation built Webster church".