First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay

First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church, 2008
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Location	E. Main Street, Oyster Bay, New York
Coordinates	40°52′18.25″N 73°31′45.35″W / 40.8717361°N 73.5292639°W / 40.8717361; -73.5292639Coordinates: 40°52′18.25″N 73°31′45.35″W / 40.8717361°N 73.5292639°W / 40.8717361; -73.5292639
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1873 (1873)
Architect	J. Cleveland Cady
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake
NRHP reference #	76001232
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976

First Presbyterian Church built in 1873 is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style Presbyterian church building located at 60 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. Its architect was J. Cleveland Cady, who was just beginning his career and would go on to design the original Metropolitan Opera House, the American Museum of Natural History, buildings at Yale University, Trinity College, and 23 other churches, but he never designed any other churches in the Carpenter Gothic-style.

The congregation which dates back to 1842, is noted for its association with Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., his wife, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and their children including their son, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the future president of the United States. The funeral of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., was held in this building in 1878.

On December 12, 1976, the church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

First Presbyterian Church's ministry began in Oyster Bay, New York, in 1842. In its early days the congregation had no permanent church building. A traveling pastor from Hempstead, the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, preached at the Oyster Bay Academy or at the Baptist Church on West Main Street.

The first church building was located on East Main Street at the rear half of the present Nobman's Hardware. In the 1850s the congregation faced financial difficulties and was unable to function. Growth and reorganization occurred in the 1860s so that by 1872 led by Pastor Benjamin L. Swan, it began building this church on the hill. The architect selected was J. Cleveland Cady.