First Congregational Church and Cemetery
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Location | US 9 at Elizabethtown–Lewis Road, Lewis, New York |
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Coordinates | 44°16′40″N 73°34′5″W / 44.27778°N 73.56806°WCoordinates: 44°16′40″N 73°34′5″W / 44.27778°N 73.56806°W |
Area | 8.6 acres (3.5 ha) |
Built | 1812 |
Architectural style | Early-late 19th-century vernacular |
NRHP reference # | 04001457 |
Added to NRHP | January 5, 2005 |
First Congregational Church and Cemetery is a historic Congregational church and cemetery on US 9 at Elizabethtown-Lewis Road in Lewis, Essex County, New York. It was built between 1823 and 1834 and slightly modified in the late 19th century. It is a rectangular, gable roofed frame building sheathed in clapboard siding. It features a large, central bell tower with an elegant Federal style belfry topped by a bell cast roof. Adjacent to the church is the 7.6-acre (3.1 ha) village cemetery established in the 1820s and still in use today.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.