St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic

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at 923 NY 19 in

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. It was built in 1901-1902 and is a brick building with a medium pitched gable roof, deep bracketed cornice, and semi-engaged tower in the center bay of the front facade in the

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style church. It is a one-story building constructed of red pressed brick and wood frame, a high basement level, a high pitched gable roof, and two prominent towers of different heights. The front gable features a three part pointed arch window. The adjacent

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contains approximately 2,200 burials dating from 1821 to the present. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 2002.

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