Riverside Methodist Church and Parsonage explained

Riverside Methodist Church and Parsonage
Location:Charles and Orchard Sts., Rhinecliff, New York
Coordinates:41.92°N -73.9508°W
Built:1859
Architecture:Gothic Revival, Picturesque style
Added:July 9, 1987
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:87001086

Riverside Methodist Church and Parsonage is a historic Methodist church and parsonage on Charles and Orchard Streets in Rhinecliff, Dutchess County in the U.S. state of New York. The church was built about 1859 and the parsonage about 1888. The church is a small, two-story, rectangular stone building in the Gothic Revival style. It features a steeply pitched gable roof covered in polychrome slate. It has an open-frame bell tower and is built into the side of a hill. The parsonage is a two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling topped by a cross-gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing garage.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Riverside Methodist Church and Parsonage . 2016-08-01 . Nancy Todd, Neil Larson. PDF. March 1987.