Stone Mills Union Church is a historic

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Stone Mills Stone Mills is a lower-tier township north of Greater Napanee in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. According to the 2016 census, the township has a population of 7,702. The Township of Stone Mills was formed on January 1, 1998 through ...

Jefferson County, New York Jefferson County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,721. Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United Stat ...

. It was built in 1837. The church is a long, three bay, rectangular structure built of carefully dressed walls of gray

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. It is covered by a gable roof and the front elevation features a two-story

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two bays in width. Atop the pavilion is a simple belfry covered by a low pyramidal roof. It was listed on the

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in 1976. Since 1968 it has served as headquarters for the Stone Mill Museum of the Northern New York Agricultural Historical Society. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying four photographs''
/ref> The museum includes a sawmill, granary, school house, display buildings and farm machinery.

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Stone Mills Museum
- Northern New York Agricultural Historical Society Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1837 19th-century churches in the United States Churches in Jefferson County, New York Museums in Jefferson County, New York History museums in New York (state) Agriculture museums in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York {{NewYork-church-stub