Seventh Day Baptist Church is a historic

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located at DeRuyter,

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. It was built about 1835 and is a two-story, rectangular frame

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, sheathed in clapboard and with a gable roof. It features a small projecting pavilion on the front facade and a multi-stage centered

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. The church membership decided to close in 1991 and the building was deconsecrated in 2000. The building was subsequently acquired by the Tromptown Historical Society. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying seven photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the

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in 2005.

References

External links

Tromptown Historical Society website
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