Densmore Methodist Church of the Thousand Islands is a historic

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located at

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. It was built in 1900 and consists of a square block with an engaged round corner

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in the Shingle Style. The interior feature an

Akron plan The Akron Plan was a scheme for the design of churches and other religious buildings that housed Sunday schools. It was characterized by a set of wedge-shaped classrooms that radiated from the direction of a central superintendent's platform. D ...

layout. It was built to serve the year round and seasonal populations of

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. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 1988.

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Methodist churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1900 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States Shingle Style church buildings Churches in Jefferson County, New York Akron Plan church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York Shingle Style architecture in New York (state) {{NewYork-church-stub