Hartford Baptist Church and Cemetery
| Hartford Baptist Church | |
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West elevation and south profile,
with cemetery in foreground, 2009 |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Hartford, NY, USA |
| Geographic coordinates | 43°21′52″N 73°23′35″W / 43.36444°N 73.39306°W |
| Affiliation | Baptist |
| Year consecrated | 1891 |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Benjamin D. Price |
| Architectural style | Victorian Gothic |
| General contractor | A.M. Wilson |
| Groundbreaking | 1890 |
| Completed | 1891 |
| Construction cost | $9,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | west |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Length | 56 feet (17 m) |
| Width | 77 feet (23 m) |
| Width (nave) | 40 feet (12 m) |
| Height (max) | 85 feet (26 m) |
| Spire(s) | 2 |
| Spire height | 40 feet (12 m) |
| Materials | Stone, brick, wood, slate |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP | 2004 |
| NRHP Reference no. | 04000875 |
The Hartford Baptist Church is located on Main Street (Washington County Route 23) in Hartford, New York, United States. It is a brick church with tall wooden bell tower built in the late 19th century on the same site as the congregation's original 1789 church on land deeded to it by Dewitt Clinton, the fourth of its churches to occupy the site. Designed by Philadelphia architect Benjamin Price, it is the only Victorian Gothic church in the town, and one of a few in the county. Next to the church is a cemetery with almost two centuries of graves, including those of early Hartford settlers and some Revolutionary War veterans.
Its members were active in a number of 19th century social causes. They passed anti-Masonic resolutions in the 1820s and 1830s, recruited local soldiers into the Union Army out of fervent abolitionism and later suffered the burning of their third church due to their advocacy of temperance and support for local dry laws. In 2004 the church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The church and cemetery occupy a 4.4-acre (1.8 ha) lot on the eastern side of Main Street at the northern end of downtown Hartford. A small row of trees separates it from the houses to the north. Across the road rises 480-foot (150 m) Christian Hill; the church grounds sloping gently down to the east. The cemetery is located to the south and east of the church building. To its north and west are the remaining footings of an earlier, larger church on the site.
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