Sand Beach Church Explained

Sand Beach Church
Nearest City:Auburn, New York
Coordinates:42.9034°N -76.547°W
Built:1854
Architecture:Neo-Romanesque
Added:June 10, 1975
Area:3acres
Refnum:75001176

Sand Beach Church is a historic Reformed Church church located in the Town of Fleming near Auburn in Cayuga County, New York. It is a vernacular Romanesque Revival style brick structure built in 1854–1855 on the site of an earlier 1807 frame church. The church features a square bell tower that once stood 82 feet high, but was modified to its present form after a fire in 1935. The former church building was purchased by Sean Lattimore on August 3, 2007, for use by the nearby Springside Inn Restaurant. Adjacent to the church is a cemetery with burials dating to the early 19th century. On August 17, 1978; all of the assets of the Owasco Lake Cemetery Association, including both the former Sand Beach Cemetery and adjacent Owasco Lake Cemetery land parcels, were deeded to become owned by the Town of Fleming NY. Noted missionary Samuel Robbins Brown (1810–1880) served as pastor from 1851 to 1859 and in 1867 upon his return from Japan.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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: Sand Beach Church . 2016-08-01 . Cornelia E. Brooke. PDF. January 1975. and Accompanying three photographs