First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses is a historic

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located at Trumansburg in

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. It is an imposing temple front

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style structure built in 1849–1850. The church is a 61 feet by 57 feet, gable roofed brick structure that is dominated by a monumental, pedimented portico supported by five massive, fluted

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columns. A tripartite bell tower crowns the roof ridge.''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1999.

Gallery

First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, East Main Street, Trumansburg (Tompkins County, New York).jpg, First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, April 1983 File:First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses 1.jpg File:First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses interior.jpg, Interior of the church File:First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, detail.jpg, Detail of the steeple

References

External links

First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses website

First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, East Main Street, Trumansburg, Tompkins County, NY
12 photos, 1 data page, 2 photo caption pages and 1 color transparency at

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First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, Meeting Hall, East Main Street, Trumansburg, Tompkins County, NY
3 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Presbyterian churches in New York (state) Greek Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches completed in 1850 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Tompkins County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Tompkins County, New York 1850 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-church-stub