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The Dutch Reformed Church is one of the most prominent
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landmarks in
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,
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. It was designed by
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in 1835 in the
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style just after the dissolution of his partnership with
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. It is his only surviving
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in that style and is considered to be his latest building still standing that largely reflects his original vision.Aldrich, J. Winthrop; April 10, 2003
Foreword
to Historic Structure Report; retrieved November 8, 2006 from newburghdrc.org.
The church stands at 132 Grand Street, just north of the
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. Its historical importance comes from not just over a century of use as church, but its centrality in the struggle by modern
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to save and restore the city's many landmark buildings. Today it is a
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. It was almost razed in the late 1960s and is far from completely restored. The property was added to the
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in 1970, aiding its rescue from demolition.


Description and site

The church is wide and high, and long. The four front
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s are high (the
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have been removed for safety considerations at the moment). It sits on a bluff above the
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, a few blocks away.October 17, 1835; "A Description of the Dutch Reformed Church Now Erecting in the Village of Newburgh"; ''Newburgh Gazette''; as cited in Krattinger, William; April 10, 2003
History of the Dutch Reformed Church
retrieved from newburghdrc.org November 8, 2006.
In the 1830s there were no other buildings in the vicinity to impede the view, so Davis saw it as symbolizing the city to the considerable river traffic of the time. The southward orientation of the columns and facade, the direction in which most shipping approached the city, was meant to echo the similar marine outreach of the
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or the Temple of Poseidon at
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in
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. The original design included a small
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atop the roof, which Davis explained thus: It was removed a few years after the building was completed for structural reasons. Other additions were built on to the property by the church as its growth warranted. While the church had the neighborhood of Grand Avenue and Third Street to itself at the time of its construction, today it has become rather crowded. It is now a
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of the Montgomery-Grand-Liberty Streets Historic District, which includes other notable historic buildings such as the former Orange County Courthouse, another Greek Revival building (designed by locally prominent architect Thornton Niven) across the street, the library, several other large old churches (some still in use). The current siting both enhances and complicate its aesthetic position. On the former hand, most of the buildings around it are of similar historic value. On the latter, the
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library that sits catty-corner from it is not only a serious contrast in styles, it blocks most of the view the river and the church once had of each other. The church, library and dilapidated former City Club of Newburgh form a small plaza; part of it is taken up by a small
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built by the Newburgh Enlarged City School District, which runs the library and is headquartered in it, for its own central office employees.


History

The building's history can be divided into two eras: its actual use as a church from 1835 to 1967, and the attempts to preserve and refurbish it since then.


Church era

In 1834 the Rev. William Cruickshank was sent upriver from
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by
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elders to start a new church.Dutch Reformed Church Restoration Committee; undated
Early History
newburghdrc.org; retrieved November 5, 2006.
He commissioned Davis for the design, completed in July 1835. The
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was laid that October. Davis' partner, Rhode Island architect Russell Warren, took the role of construction superintendent. After disagreements, Warren and Davis split in August 1836. Newburgh craftsmen Daniel Farrington and Benjamin Lander then took on construction efforts with
Thornton M. Niven Thornton MacNess Niven (18061895) was a Scottish-American architect and master stonecutter who worked primarily in Newburgh, New York, but also in several locations along the Hudson River and Southern United States. Although Niven considered himse ...
, stonecutter. The church was completed and dedicated two years later. By 1839, the congregants had to
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the building to pay construction costs. The dome and its
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were removed sometime between 1842–early 1845 due to structural issues.Krattinger, 7 The mortgage payments did not prevent the church from expanding the property, with a small
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being erected on the southeast corner in 1852, where the library now stands. Seven years later, the mortgage was paid off. The church put the money it could now spend more freely to work on the structure, adding a
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's
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and recessed
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and repainting the interior (not completely enough; some of the original
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ed Greek motifs are still visible today). After the
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, the congregation had reached 290 members. It was able to purchase an organ and add onto the north side of the building, complete with brick transept arms designed by George E. Harney. By 1882, it had grown to 400 members and paid off all its outstanding
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. The church would get a new
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two years later, followed a decade after that by a replacement organ and pulpit. The first years of the 20th century saw it get some
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s, and another new roof. In 1909 an iron
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was built with money paid to the church by the city for the use of its
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during the previous year's Fulton-Hudson
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. The following year
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replaced wood as the flooring material for the portico, and in 1920 all
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in the building became electric when the
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s switched from
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. For the first time in its history, the church would finally take a stable form. No major work beyond routine repair was done until after
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, when various storms damaged the roof. However, in
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a
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blew the roof completely off. While the church was able to repair it and in fact make further improvements such as adding
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service and a
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system, the years had taken their toll and in 1964 the congregation had acquired land in the Town of Newburgh on which to build a new edifice. Three years later, they
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Davis's building and moved out.


Preservation era

It was soon slated for
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as part of the city's
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efforts. Helen Gearn, the city's
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at the time, urged that it be preserved and somehow reused. After a
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concluded it could be done, the "Palatine Square" proposal for the blocks in the immediate vicinity included the church.Dutch Reformed Church Restoration Committee; undated
Later History
newburghdrc.org; retrieved November 6, 2006.
Nevertheless, the next year the city claimed the church as an urban-renewal parcel, and the next year its Urban Renewal Agency paid $96,000 for it. Public efforts against its
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led to the church's addition to the
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in 1970, which meant that federal funds could no longer be used to demolish it. Newburgh had in the past taken the lead in
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when Washington's Headquarters had become the first officially designated
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in the U.S. in 1850. The battle to save the church revived this tradition and marked the beginning of the city's modern
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movement. Orange County expressed interest in buying the building as part of the "Courthouse Square" project, a proposal to redevelop the area around the
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just across the street, which served as
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's when Newburgh was that county's
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prior to the redrawing of county boundaries that followed the creation of
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in 1798. At the time, the county was still using the courthouse as a branch of the main county courts in Goshen. The
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also looked into making the church its home. The state's Office of Historic Preservation designated a historic district in nearby downtown areas of the city, but it did not include the church. The Greater Newburgh Arts Council continued working to save the church. While the building was safe for the time being, its exterior, particularly the columns, were in an advanced state of decay. The federal
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which administered the city's urban-renewal grants, ordered in 1974 that it be either razed or sold. The city bought it for $7,000. Three years later the Hudson Valley Freedom Theater (HVFT) bought the building, hoping to make it a playhouse. The purchase was conditioned on the theater company being able to renovate the structure within a certain time. The
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repaired the
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. In 1984 the theater company defaulted on its contract and title reverted to the city. The following year the state expanded the city's
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to include the church, while the NPS removed the column's Ionic capitals. The 1990s saw the beginning of piecemeal efforts to restore the church. Another city historian, Kevin Barrett, called for the building's preservation in 1994, and the Council on the Arts intensified its efforts. It was suggested that the city or private donors restore one of the original columns, as a way of demonstrating that the restoration of the whole church, though a considerable task, was not impossible.
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, then First Lady, spoke in front of the church before a large crowd on July 14, 1998, as part of the
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tour. The $128,205
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received as part of that program paid to stabilize the church's upper gallery, which was then in imminent danger of collapse.Save America's Treasures; June 1999
Project Profile:Dutch Reformed Church
saveamericastreasures.org; retrieved November 6, 2006.
The 21st century began with two events that signaled the struggle over the church was not now for its preservation but its restoration. The Dutch Reformed Church Restoration Committee was formed by local activist Carla Decker, former president of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Hudson Highlands, in 2000 and the next year became part of the Newburgh Preservation Association. On August 7, 2001, the church was designated a
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by the
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after a successful application by state preservation official William Krattinger. A state grant made possible the repair and restoration of the church's
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system and west foundation wall.Dutch Reformed Church Restoration Committee; undated
Foundation Work '03
newburghdrc.org; retrieved November 6, 2006.
The
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was repainted in 2004, and the following year the
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put the church on its list of the 100 Most Endangered Sites.World Monuments Fund
World Monuments Watch: 100 Most Endangered Sites 2006
, retrieved November 6, 2006.
However, the work has not been enough to arrest ongoing structural decay. In 2012 much of the ceiling collapsed. Wood and plaster debris are, , still scattered all over the floor. The west wall has also begun to show cracks as it sinks into the poorly drained underlying soil.


Future projects

Today, efforts to restore the church to its original glory continue. The DRCRC is actively involved in raising money for those efforts and promoting the church's historical importance. In 2002 the NPA commissioned the Albany firm Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker to do a Historic Structure Report summarizing what needed to be done to restore the building. One column and
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were restored in 2004,Dutch Reformed Church Restoration Committee; January 9, 2005
First Column Restoration
newburghdrc.org; retrieved November 6, 2006.
the first time since the church's deconsecration that any work had been done on the building's decorative elements. In 2006, the remaining three columns were restored through a combination of in-kind repayment and donated services. Still, much work needs to be done. Estimates for implementing all the suggestions of the Historic Structure Report and completely restoring the church have ranged as high as $8 million.Belden, Maureen; February 2002
Savior at Last: A Newburgh Group Has Big Plans to Restore a Landmark Church
''
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''; retrieved from newburghdrc.org November 7, 2006.
After restoration, ideas for what to do with the church have centered around cultural activities, consistent with similar such secondary uses in the past.Dutch Reformed Church Restoration Committee
Adaptive Re-Use
newburghdrc.org; retrieved November 7, 2006.
In 2006 the Newburgh Preservation Association, with a grant from the Dyson Foundation, commissioned an Adaptive Re-Use Study to outline potential uses. To address the collapsed ceiling and cracked west wall, the city announced in late 2017 that it was seeking an $850,000 state grant for stabilization work, in advance of fears that heavy snowfall expected the coming winter could completely collapse the roof. A New York City-based developer, Alembic, had already agreed that summer to redevelop the church, the nearby City Club building and another neglected structure on the city's waterfront. "We've had 30 years to do something and we haven't been able to pull it off," admitted Deirde Glenn, the city's planning and development director.


See also

*
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Sources

* William E. Krattinger, "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Dutch Reformed Church, Newburgh" (Washington, DC: National Historic Landmarks Survey, 2001).


References


External links

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