Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony Cemetery is a national

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comprising a historic Episcopal

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complex and

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located at

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Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning "place of the rock." History In 178 ...

. The complex consists of the church, rectory (1893), and parish house (1901). The church was built in 1818 and is a stone building in the early English Gothic Revival style. It features a steeply sloping gable roof and a central projecting

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with a belfry with a balustrade. The Harmony Cemetery has burials dating from about 1800 to 1937. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1997.

Gallery

Image:Zion Episcopal Church Rectory Morris NY Dec 09.jpg, Zion Episcopal Church Rectory, December 2009 Image:Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall Morris NY Dec 09.jpg, Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall, December 2009

References

Episcopal church buildings in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches completed in 1800 Churches in Otsego County, New York 19th-century Episcopal church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York {{NewYork-church-stub