Young Memorial Church, also known as Brier Hill Congregational Church, is a historic Congregational

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in the hamlet of Brier Hill in Morristown,

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. It was built in 1907–1908 and is a one-story, stone and wood shingled church building in the

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style. It features a steeply pitched gable roof, a tall stone chimney, opaque

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windows by Harry James Horwood, and a central two-story square tower with a crenelated top. ''See also:'' The church building housed a Congregational church until the 1950s. Subsequently, it was used by a

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congregation until 1985. As of 2010, it had not been used since the Baptist group left. It was listed on the

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in 2010.

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* Former churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1908 Congregational churches in New York (state) Churches in St. Lawrence County, New York National Register of Historic Places in St. Lawrence County, New York 1908 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-church-stub