West Newark Congregational Church and Cemetery is a historic
Congregational
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church
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Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
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and
cemetery
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located at
Newark Valley in
Tioga County, New York
Tioga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,455. Its county seat is Owego. Its name derives from an American Indian word meaning "at the forks", describing a meeting place.
Tioga Coun ...
. It is a
Greek Revival
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style, front gabled frame structure built in 1848. The front facade features a large square
bell tower
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centered in the gable ridge. Also on the property is a cemetery dating to the 1820s with burials in all subsequent eras.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1998.
References
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Churches completed in 1848
19th-century churches in the United States
Churches in Tioga County, New York
Cemeteries in Tioga County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Tioga County, New York
Congregational churches in New York (state)