White Store Church and Evergreen Cemetery is a national historic district containing a historic meetinghouse and cemetery at the junction of New York State Route 8 and White Store Road, 4 miles south of South New Berlin in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. The district includes two contributing buildings, one contributing site, and seven contributing structures. The property consists of the cemetery established in 1805 and a Federal style frame church completed in 1820. Also on the property is a small maintenance shed and privy. The church is a simple, two story frame structure with a gable roof, measuring 40 feet wide and 46 feet deep. The cemetery contains approximately 400 burials, with the earliest stones dated to 1795.[2]
White Store Church and Evergreen Cemetery | |
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| Location | Jct. of NY 8 and White Store Rd., 4 mi. S of South New Berlin, Norwich, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°29.0′N 75°24.4′W / 42.4833°N 75.4067°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000047[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 10, 1995 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Mark Peckham (October 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: White Store Church and Evergreen Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 20, 2010. See also: "Accompanying seven photos".