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Ten Mile River Baptist Church

Coordinates: 41°33′36″N 75°1′0″W / 41.56000°N 75.01667°W / 41.56000; -75.01667
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Ten Mile River Baptist Church
Ten Mile River Baptist Church is located in New York
Ten Mile River Baptist Church
Ten Mile River Baptist Church is located in the United States
Ten Mile River Baptist Church
LocationNY 97, jct. with Cochecton Trnpk., Tusten, New York
Coordinates41°33′36″N 75°1′0″W / 41.56000°N 75.01667°W / 41.56000; -75.01667
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1856
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSUpper Delaware Valley, New York and Pennsylvania, MPS
NRHP reference No.97000422[1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 1997

Ten Mile River Baptist Church, also known as Tusten Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church on NY 97, at the junction with Cochecton Turnpike in Tusten, Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1856 and is a small frame meeting house with modest Greek Revival style detailing. It features a small, reconstructed, bell tower and spire.[2] The church cemetery includes the gravesite of Gustavus A. Neumann, founding editor of the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Mark Peckham and Mary Curtis (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ten Mile River Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying four photographs