Union Meeting House (Cape Vincent, New York) Explained

Union Meeting House
Location:	Millens Bay Rd., Cape Vincent (town), New York
Coordinates:	44.1719°N -76.2422°W
Built:	1869–
Added:	September 27, 1985
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	85002479

Union Meeting House, also known as the Millens Bay Union Church, is a historic church located at Millens Bay in the Town of Cape Vincent in Jefferson County, New York.^[1] It was built between 1869 and 1871 as a cooperative Episcopal and Methodist union church, as a mission of St. John's Episcopal Church in the village of Cape Vincent and of the Methodist-Episcopal Church in St. Lawrence.^[2] It is a one-story wood-frame structure, rectangular in plan, one bay wide and four bays long. It features a steeply pitched gable roof and steeple with a six sided spire.^[3] It can seat about 200 individuals. Interdemoninational services are held on Sunday mornings in July and August each summer.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce. Community Organizations. 2020. Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce. August 2, 2020. Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce.
2. Web site: Child. Hamilton. 1890. Horton. William. Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y. 1684-1890. p.317. August 2, 2020. Google Books. The Syracuse Journal Company. 317. Syracuse NY.
3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Union Meeting House. July 1985. 2009-12-10 . JoAnn Beck. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.