Church of the Nazarene
National Register of Historic Places

Church of the Nazarene

Essex, Essex County, New York
Listed
June 18, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
73001189

About this property

Foothills Baptist Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic church located at 2172 New York Route 22 in the Boquet section of Essex, New York, in the United States. Built in 1855 as St. John's Episcopal Church, it became the Union Church at Boquet Chapel in 1880, the Church of the Nazarene in 1949 and Foothills Baptist Church in 2005. It has also been known as Boquet Chapel. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Church of the Nazarene in 1973. It was listed for its architecture: the church follows a published design by architect Richard Upjohn, and was described as being "remarkably untouched and yet well-maintained example of the simplest of Richard Upjohn's standard ecclesiastical designs."

Location

Essex, Essex County, New York
44.30213, -73.40158

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Church of the Nazarene listed on the National Register?

Church of the Nazarene was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Church of the Nazarene?

Church of the Nazarene is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Church of the Nazarene is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1855.

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