Saint Paul's Church (Waterloo, New York)
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Saint Paul's Church is a historic Episcopal
church located at Waterloo in Seneca County, New York
. It was constructed in 1863-1864 and is a masonry church built of local limestone
in the Gothic Revival
style. The 52 feet by 72 feet church features a tower with a stone spire
and clock. A large two story rough cut limestone parish house was built in 1916.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1997.
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
church located at Waterloo in Seneca County, New York
Seneca County, New York
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,342 people, 12,630 households, and 8,626 families residing in the county. The population density was 103 people per square mile . There were 14,794 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...
. It was constructed in 1863-1864 and is a masonry church built of local limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
in the Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style. The 52 feet by 72 feet church features a tower with a stone 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....
and clock. A large two story rough cut limestone parish house was built in 1916.
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 1997.