Indian Castle Church
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Indian Castle Church
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Indian Castle Church, September 2009
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| Nearest city | Indian Castle, New York |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1769 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000540[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 18, 1971 |
Indian Castle Church is a historic mission church at Indian Castle in Herkimer County, New York. The church is located on NYS Route 5S near present-day Danube. It is a one-story, rectangular wood frame structure, clad in clapboard with a gable roof and steeple. To the rear of the church is a burial ground containing the remains of both Mohawks and Europeans.
It was erected in 1769 by Sir William Johnson, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as an Indian mission church for the Mohawk nation. They were the easternmost of the Five Nations of the Iroquois League, who occupied most of New York west of the Hudson River.
Background
The land was donated by siblings Joseph and Molly Brant,[2] two prominent Mohawk in their village of Canajoharie, located on the south side of the Mohawk River. Construction was done under the direction and at the expense of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Molly Brant was a longtime companion and common-law wife of Johnson. Her brother Joseph Brant became a prominent Mohawk military leader, allied with the British, during the American Revolutionary War and later led the Mohawk after their migration to Canada.
The church is located within what is now designated as the Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.[3] It is the only colonial Indian missionary church surviving in New York State.[4] The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
See also
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-243, "Indian Castle Church, State Route 5S, Indian Castle, Herkimer County, NY", 4 photos, 2 data pages
- Dean R. Snow and David B. Guldenzopf, "Indian Castle Church, the Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District National Historic Landmark", Indian Castle Church Website
- Indian Castle Church website
- Pages with broken file links
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Historic American Buildings Survey in New York
- Gothic Revival churches in New York
- Colonial Revival architecture in New York
- Churches completed in 1769
- Churches in Herkimer County, New York
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New York
- 18th-century churches in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Herkimer County, New York
