Oppenheim and St. Johnsville Union Society Church, also known as Crum Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, is a historic

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at 110 County Highway 108 in

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. It was built in 1853 and is a -story, rectangular frame building, three bays wide and five bays deep. It has a polychrome

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roof, rests on a cut

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foundation, and is clad in brick added in 1907. It features a square, open belfry with four sawn Gothic spires. The last church service in the building was held in September 2009. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 2010.

References

External links

Crum Creek Happenings blog
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Lutheran churches in New York (state) Churches completed in 1853 19th-century Lutheran churches in the United States Churches in Fulton County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, New York {{NewYork-church-stub