Cochecton Presbyterian Church is a historic

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on Co. Rd. 114, E of Delaware R. Bridge in

Cochecton Cochecton () is a town located in west-central Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 1,372 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the lenape word "cushetunk" meaning "place of red stone hills". The Town of Cochecton ...

, Sullivan County, New York,

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. It was built in 1903 and is a cross gabled, wood-frame structure featuring a corner

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. The interior is designed on the

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. ''See also:'' It was added to the

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in 1992.

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Presbyterian churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1903 20th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Sullivan County, New York Akron Plan church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New York 1903 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-church-stub