Ten Mile River Baptist Church Explained

Ten Mile River Baptist Church
Location:NY 97, jct. with Cochecton Trnpk., Tusten, New York
Coordinates:41.56°N -75.0167°W
Built:1856
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:May 9, 1997
Mpsub:Upper Delaware Valley, New York and Pennsylvania, MPS
Refnum:97000422

Ten Mile River Baptist Church, also known as Tusten Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church on NY 97, at the junction with Cochecton Turnpike in Tusten, Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1856 and is a small frame meeting house with modest Greek Revival style detailing. It features a small, reconstructed, bell tower and spire.[1] The church cemetery includes the gravesite of Gustavus A. Neumann, founding editor of the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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: Ten Mile River Baptist Church . 2016-08-01 . Mark Peckham and Mary Curtis. PDF. January 1997. and Accompanying four photographs