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Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery

Coordinates: 42°6′14″N 73°33′5″W / 42.10389°N 73.55139°W / 42.10389; -73.55139
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Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery
Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery is located in New York
Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery
Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery is located in the United States
Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery
LocationChurch St., Copake, New York
Coordinates42°6′14″N 73°33′5″W / 42.10389°N 73.55139°W / 42.10389; -73.55139
Area9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Built1757
ArchitectSnyder, Jude (builder)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.07000624[1]
Added to NRHPJune 27, 2007

Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery is a historic United Methodist church on Church Street in Copake, Columbia County, New York. The church was built about 1854 and is a one-story, timber frame meeting house style church with Greek Revival style design attributes. It features a stoutly proportioned, four columned Ionic order portico and a two tiered belfry. The church is set within Copake Cemetery. The earliest burial dates to 1757 and most of the stones date to the first decades of the 19th century.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ William E. Krattinger (February 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2010-06-26. See also: "Accompanying six photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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