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Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory (Colton, New York)

Coordinates: 44°33′13″N 74°56′22″W / 44.55361°N 74.93944°W / 44.55361; -74.93944
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Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory
Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory (Colton, New York) is located in New York
Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory (Colton, New York)
Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory (Colton, New York) is located in the United States
Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory (Colton, New York)
Location91 and 95 Main St., Colton, New York
Coordinates44°33′13″N 74°56′22″W / 44.55361°N 74.93944°W / 44.55361; -74.93944
Arealess than one acre
Built1883
ArchitectJohnson, James P.
Architectural styleGothic
MPSRed Potsdam Sandstone Resources Taken from Raquette River Quarries MPS
NRHP reference No.03000029[1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 2003

Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory is a historic Episcopal church complex located at Colton in St. Lawrence County, New York. The church was built in 1883 of red Potsdam Sandstone. It is a gable front building, approximately 48 feet (15 m) wide and 80 feet (24 m) deep and features an 85-foot-tall (26 m), 14+12-foot-square (4.4 m) tower. The rectory was built about 1900 and is a two-story, clapboard-sided Italianate building on a sandstone foundation. It is now used as the Colton Town Museum. Also on the property is a cast-iron urn a cast-iron lamppost dating to the 1880s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Susan Omohundro; Ellen Burns & Linda Garofalini (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-12-10. See also: "Accompanying 16 photos".