Bloomingburg Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
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Bloomingburg Reformed
Protestant Dutch Church |
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Front (south) elevation and west profile, 2008
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| Location | Bloomingburg, NY |
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| Nearest city | Middletown |
| Coordinates | 41°33′21″N 74°26′34″W / 41.55583°N 74.44278°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (6,100 m2) |
| Built | 1821 |
| Architect | Peter Weller and George Miller |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference # | 80002779 |
| Added to NRHP | 1980 |
The former Bloomingburg Reformed Protestant Dutch Church is located on Main Street (Sullivan County Route 171) in Bloomingburg, New York, United States. An ornate wooden Federal style building dating to 1821, it is one of the oldest churches in the county. It remains mostly as it was originally built save for some changes to the interior.
Its 80-foot-tall (24 m) bell tower visible for some distance, is a local landmark. In 1980 the church, no longer in use, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently a local and regional history museum, although the town of Mamakating plans to sell it to another congregation.
The church building is a two-story, three-by-five-bay rectangle sided in white clapboard. The heavy timber framing is supported by a fieldstone foundation. The moderately-pitched gabled roof is shingled in asphalt, with a single chimney near the roofline on the east side. The church is entered at the tower or south end. Unusually, this originally brought the congregation in at the sides of the altar, which was also at this end.
From the projecting central front bay, the multi-staged tower rises, interrupted only by the bracketed cornice on the front roofline. It continues to a narrow frieze with cornice and modillions. All four sides have a window, a small roundel on the front and sides and a small rectangle on the rear, overlooking the roof. Above the oculus there has traditionally been a painted clock face, set at 11:07.
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