Mamaroneck Methodist Church
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Mamaroneck Methodist Church is a national historic district
containing a Methodist
church at 514 Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck
, Westchester County, New York
. It was built in 1859 and is a one story, Gothic Revival
style building of wood frame construction with a gable roof. It is rectangular in form with a rear, two story, transecting wing built in 1869. It features a semi-engaged central tower flanked by stylized buttress
es and topped by an octagonal spire
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1992.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
containing a Methodist
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
church at 514 Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck (village), New York
Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,929 at the 2010 census. It is located partially within the town of Mamaroneck and partially within the town of Rye. The portion in Rye is unofficially called "Rye Neck"...
, Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
. It was built in 1859 and is a one story, Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style building of wood frame construction with a gable roof. It is rectangular in form with a rear, two story, transecting wing built in 1869. It features a semi-engaged central tower flanked by stylized buttress
Buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall...
es and topped by an octagonal spire
Spire
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....
.
It was added to 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 1992.