National Register of Historic Places

Reformed Church of Newtown Complex

New York, Queens County, New York
Listed
April 22, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80002751

About this property

The Reformed Church of Newtown (simplified Chinese: 新城归正教会; traditional Chinese: 新城歸正教會) is a historic Reformed church in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The church was first established by Dutch immigrants in 1731. The neighborhood had been established in 1652 by the Dutch as Middenburgh, a village suburb of New Amsterdam (i.e., New York City). After the English took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664, the village was renamed New Town, later simplified to Newtown. When Newtown was renamed Elmhurst in the late 1890s, the church retained its original name, a name still also carried by the local high school and subway station. The Reformed Church of Newtown is a congregation in the Queens classis of the New York regional synod of the Reformed Church in America (RCA). Founded in 1628, the Reformed Church in America is the oldest Protestant Christian denomination in the United States.

Location

8515 Broadway
New York, Queens County, New York
40.73975, -73.87788

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Nearby Historic Sites

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0.1 mi
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0.2 mi
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0.3 mi
Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND)
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0.3 mi
US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station
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0.8 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Kip's Bay
1776Revolutionary War
4.8 mi

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When was Reformed Church of Newtown Complex listed on the National Register?

Reformed Church of Newtown Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1980.

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Reformed Church of Newtown Complex is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Reformed Church of Newtown Complex is recorded as the industrial era.

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