Smithfield Presbyterian Church (Amenia, New York)
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Smithfield Presbyterian Church
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Smithfield Presbyterian Church, January 2012
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| Location | 656 Smithfield Valley Rd., near Amenia, New York |
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| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1737, c. 1847-1848, 1857, 1938 |
| Architect | Lockwood, Jonathan |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 11001090[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 3, 2012 |
Smithfield Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1847-1848, and is a one-story, Greek Revival style heavy timber frame church sheathed in clapboard. It has a stone foundation and gable roof and features a tetrastyle portico supported by four Ionic order columns. The church was refurbished in 1938. Also on the property is a contributing horse shed, Sexton's House (1857), and church cemetery, with the earliest grave dated to 1737. George Whitefield (1714-1770) preached an open air revival sermon at the church in June 1770.[2]:3–4, 6
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
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- Presbyterian churches in New York
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Greek Revival churches in New York
- Churches completed in 1848
- 1737 establishments in New York
- Churches in Dutchess County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York
- Dutchess County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
