Clinton Corners Friends Church
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Clinton Corners Friends Church, also known as Clinton Corners Evangelical Free Church, is a historic Society of Friends
meeting house
on Salt Point Turnpike/Main Street in Clinton Corners, Dutchess County, New York
. It is located directly across the street from the Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery
. It was built in 1890 with additions completed in 1914 and in the 1920s. The original structure was a one story, rectangular frame building on a stone foundation. The 1914 addition was to the front of the building and is in the Shingle Style
. It is a rectangular structure with a jerkin-head gable roof. It features a short, square tower surmounted by a hipped roof. The 1920s addition is a small extension to the rear.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1989.
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
meeting house
Meeting house
A meeting house describes a building where a public meeting takes place. This includes secular buildings which function like a town or city hall, and buildings used for religious meetings, particularly of some non-conformist Christian denominations....
on Salt Point Turnpike/Main Street in Clinton Corners, Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...
. It is located directly across the street from the Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery
Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery
Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery is a historic Society of Friends meeting house and cemetery on Salt Point Turnpike/Main Street in Clinton Corners, Dutchess County, New York. It is located directly across the street from the Clinton Corners Friends Church. It was built between 1777 and...
. It was built in 1890 with additions completed in 1914 and in the 1920s. The original structure was a one story, rectangular frame building on a stone foundation. The 1914 addition was to the front of the building and is in the Shingle Style
Shingle Style architecture
The Shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture....
. It is a rectangular structure with a jerkin-head gable roof. It features a short, square tower surmounted by a hipped roof. The 1920s addition is a small extension to the rear.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1989.