The Dexter Universalist Church, at Brown and Kirby Sts. in

Dexter, New York Dexter is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 1,052 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Simon Newton Dexter, one of the village's stockholders. Dexter is in the southern part of the town of Brownv ...

, is a well-preserved, "modest"

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-style church that was built in 1841. In a 2002 review of the church, then vacant, it was deemed to retain "a substantial degree of historic integrity with its original form, fabric, and fenestration intact." It has leaded stained glass windows. The church played a role in its community for over 100 years. The building was listed on the

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in 2003. In 2013 is currently used as a museum by the Dexter Historical Society.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Greek Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches completed in 1841 19th-century Unitarian Universalist church buildings Churches in Jefferson County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York {{JeffersonCountyNY-NRHP-stub