Elmsford Reformed Church and Cemetery is a historic

Dutch Reformed The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family and ...

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and

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at 30 S. Central Avenue in

Elmsford Elmsford is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. Roughly one mile square, the village is fully contained within the borders of the town of Greenburgh. As of the 2010 census, the ...

Westchester County, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population o ...

, United States. It was built in 1793 and is a two-story, wood-frame building. It is constructed of hand-hewn beams, shingles, and hand-wrought nails. Most of the ornamentation in the church dates to the 1820s. It is almost identical to nearby Old St. Peter's Church. The cemetery dates to the 18th century and includes the graves of a number of Revolutionary War veterans including

Isaac Van Wart Isaac Van Wart (October 25, 1762May 23, 1828) was a militiaman from the state of New York during the American Revolution. In 1780, he was one of three men who captured British Major John André, who was convicted and executed as a spy for conspir ...

(1762 - 1828). ''Note:'' This includes an
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It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1983.

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Reformed Church in America churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Protestant Reformed cemeteries National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York Churches completed in 1793 Cemeteries in Westchester County, New York Churches in Westchester County, New York 18th-century churches in the United States 1793 establishments in New York (state) Cemeteries established in the 1790s {{NewYork-church-stub

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