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461:West Somers Methodist Episcopal Church
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490:New York and Harlem Railroad
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19:United States historic place
436:at the direction of Bishop
292:From the entrance a narrow
241:It is a two-and-half-story
179:Mount Zion Methodist Church
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323:flanked by pedestals. A
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121:1.4 acres (5,700 m)
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725:Keeper of the Register
1245:Outside New York City
740:National Park Service
720:Contributing property
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102:41.30222°N 73.71444°W
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75:Danbury, Connecticut
1232:Bridges and tunnels
434:Freeborn Garrettson
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172:May 10, 1990
71:Nearest city
1225:Other lists
1074:Westchester
1004:Schenectady
799:Cattaraugus
546:residential
524:windowpanes
497:Harlem Line
494:Metro-North
492:(today the
231:stone walls
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81:Coordinates
1300:Categories
1064:Washington
984:Rensselaer
919:Montgomery
904:Livingston
809:Chautauqua
571:References
553:open space
520:pump organ
516:vandalized
505:reservoirs
423:Revolution
394:Union Army
351:chandelier
336:balustered
302:wainscoted
289:surround.
287:architrave
256:foundation
253:fieldstone
199:vandalized
93:73°42′52″W
90:41°18′08″N
1206:Rochester
1201:Rhinebeck
1191:Peekskill
1152:Manhattan
1009:Schoharie
889:Jefferson
772:by county
535:developer
483:Lewisboro
472:Peekskill
468:Shrub Oak
457:Cortlandt
419:Methodism
390:Civil War
363:sandstone
340:Cast iron
329:horsehair
298:chamfered
294:vestibule
206:Methodism
191:clapboard
134:Architect
1265:Category
1211:Syracuse
1137:Brooklyn
1084:Southern
1079:Northern
1049:Tompkins
1039:Sullivan
1014:Schuyler
999:Saratoga
994:Rockland
944:Onondaga
884:Herkimer
879:Hamilton
859:Franklin
844:Dutchess
839:Delaware
834:Cortland
829:Columbia
819:Chenango
784:Allegany
706:New York
659:July 20,
637:July 20,
559:See also
531:preserve
373:on one.
369:save an
357:Cemetery
349:-fueled
347:kerosene
325:mahogany
264:shingled
220:Property
163:90000692
61:Location
1216:Yonkers
1119:Buffalo
1107:by city
1091:Wyoming
1034:Suffolk
1029:Steuben
959:Orleans
949:Ontario
934:Niagara
909:Madison
869:Genesee
824:Clinton
814:Chemung
512:Katonah
414:History
404:Granite
321:lectern
312:above.
310:plaster
260:steeple
146:Federal
1142:Queens
1114:Albany
1059:Warren
1054:Ulster
1019:Seneca
979:Queens
974:Putnam
969:Otsego
964:Oswego
954:Orange
939:Oneida
924:Nassau
914:Monroe
874:Greene
864:Fulton
804:Cayuga
794:Broome
779:Albany
713:Topics
450:Croton
398:cannon
377:Marble
332:settee
317:pulpit
283:facade
272:frieze
249:gabled
237:Church
183:NY 139
1132:Bronx
1105:Lists
1096:Yates
1069:Wayne
1044:Tioga
899:Lewis
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