First Presbyterian Church Complex is a historic

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located at Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. The complex consists of the

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended t ...

style church (1892-1893) and Queen Anne style

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(1904). The church has a modified cruciform plan with a cross-gable roof and constructed of both roughhewn and smoothly dressed Gouverneur

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. The front facade features an entrance loggia, with unequal square towers with hipped roofs flanking it. The manse is constructed of yellow pressed brick and features a round three-story tower and

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. The interior features

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

style design elements. The house was sold to the Gouverneur Historical Society in 1974 and houses a local history

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''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the

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in 2015.

References

External links

church websiteGouverneur Museum website
History museums in New York (state) Presbyterian churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Romanesque Revival architecture in New York (state) Queen Anne architecture in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Churches completed in 1893 Houses completed in 1904 Churches in St. Lawrence County, New York National Register of Historic Places in St. Lawrence County, New York {{NewYork-Presbyterian-church-stub