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First Presbyterian Church of Williamson
| Historic Site #: | 14-051 (Exists) Type: E1 | Town: | Williamson | ||
| Site Name: | First Presbyterian Church of Williamson | GPS Coordinates: | 43.22373, -77.18802 | ||
| Address: | 4057 Ridge Road Williamson NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| 1828 building 34' x 44' and cost $2000. 1859 building 36' x 52' x 20' high. 1913 addition tripled the size of the sanctuary. In 1965 the older part of the sanctuary and balcony were converted to Sunday School Rooms. | |||||
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| 1866 building about 1910 (courtesy Wayne County Historical Society) | Current building, 2010 (used with permission of Loreen Jorgensen) |
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| Resurrection Window, 2010 (used with permission of Loreen Jorgensen) |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| Organized in 1816, the congregation built a brick church a quarter mile south of the village in 1828 for $2000. Called the Brick meeting house, it was demolished 1859 and the bricks used in new building which was completed in 1866. In 1913 a new sanctuary was built and new stained glass windows were installed. | |||||
Landmarks of Wayne County. George W. Cowles. 1895
History of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Williamson, NY, 1816-2000. Compiled by Earl & Elinore Johnson
Wayne County Historian File folder “Religion—Churches—Williamson”
The History of Wayne County. W. D. McIntosh. 1877