Ponckhockie Union Chapel
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Ponckhockie Union Chapel is a historic chapel at 91 Abruyn Street in Kingston, New York. It was built in 1870, and is a rectangular,
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style poured
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structure coated in
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. It is three bays wide and five bays deep, and features a projecting
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topped by a truncated spire. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.


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National Park Service: Ponckhockie Union Congregational Church
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches completed in 1870 19th-century churches in the United States Churches in Ulster County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Ulster County, New York {{NewYork-church-stub