Indian Castle Church

Indian Castle Church
Indian Castle Church, September 2009
Indian Castle Church is located in New York
Indian Castle Church
Indian Castle Church is located in the United States
Indian Castle Church
Nearest cityIndian Castle, New York
Coordinates43°0′10″N 74°46′40″W / 43.00278°N 74.77778°W / 43.00278; -74.77778
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1769
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.71000540[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 1971

Indian Castle Church is a historic mission church at Indian Castle in Herkimer County, New York. The church is located on NYS Route 5S near present-day Danube. It is a one-story, rectangular wood-frame structure, clad in clapboard with a gable roof and steeple. To the rear of the church is a burial ground containing the remains of both Mohawks and Europeans.

It was erected in 1769 by Sir William Johnson, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as an Indian mission church for the Mohawk nation. They were the easternmost of the Five Nations of the Iroquois League, who occupied most of New York west of the Hudson River.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.