First Presbyterian Church is a historic

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at 175 East Main Street in Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1825 and the sanctuary is a rectangular, two story frame structure measuring by . It is sheathed in wood shingles and covered by a gable roof. It features an engaged, square tower surmounted by a tiered,

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belfry. The tower has a Palladian window at its second level. ''See also:'' The church was added to the

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in 1977.

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* * * Presbyterian churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Churches completed in 1825 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Suffolk County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Smithtown (town), New York {{NewYork-church-stub