First Presbyterian Church of Mumford is a historic

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located at Mumford in

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. It was designed by architect

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and is a High Victorian Gothic–style edifice built in 1883 of rare bog limestone (

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). The main block of the building is five bays long and three bays wide (approximately 50 feet by 60 feet), with a freestanding 70-foot tower with spire at the northwest corner. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> It was listed on the

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in 2002.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Presbyterian churches in New York (state) Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches completed in 1883 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Monroe County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, New York {{NewYork-church-stub