| Reformed Church of Beacon | |
|---|---|
 East elevation, 2021 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reformed Church in America |
| Location | |
| Location | Beacon, NY, United States |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°30′23″N 73°58′49″W / 41.50639°N 73.98028°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Frederick Clarke Withers |
| Type | Church |
| Style | High Victorian Gothic |
| General contractor | J.F. Gerow, Samuel Bogardus[1] |
| Completed | 1860[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | East |
| Materials | Brick |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP | 1988 |
| NRHP Reference no. | 88001438 |
| Website | |
| Reformed Church of Beacon | |
The Reformed Church of Beacon, originally the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing, is a historic and architecturally-significant church in Beacon, New York. The congregation, who no longer occupies the building, claims it is the oldest church in Beacon.[2][3] It is located on NY 9D about 0.5 miles (1 km) south of Beacon's municipal complex and downtown area and overlooks the Hudson River from a bluff.
It was designed by Frederick Clarke Withers and built in 1860 using the High Victorian Gothic style, one of its earliest uses in the United States.[4] The church and its cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is one of three Withers buildings in the city on the Register and a rare example of his church architecture in this style.[5]
- ^ a b Todd, Nancy; Jettner, Alicia (July 25, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ Sparks, Leonard (23 April 2021). "Church to Be Sold for Bar, Hotel". The Highlands Current.
- ^ "History". Reformed Church of Beacon. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ Francis R. Kowsky, The Architecture of Frederick Clarke Withers and the Progress of the Gothic Revival in America after 1850 (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1980), 51
- ^ Eustatia and St. Luke's Episcopal Church are the other two.