Park Church

{{short description|Historic church in New York, United States}}

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| name = Park Church

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| image = parkchurch.jpg

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| location = 208 W. Gray St., Elmira, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|42|5|21|N|76|48|33|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| built = 1872

| architect = White, Horatio Nelson

| architecture = Late Victorian, Eclectic

| added = May 25, 1977

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 77000936{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Park Church runs the length of an entire city block in Elmira, New York. The church was constructed from 1874 through 1876, replacing its much smaller, wooden predecessor. It was designed by Horatio Nelson White. The design of the limestone and brick church is highly eclectic.

Besides its architecture, the church is significant for its congregation of abolitionists and humanitarians. From 1854 until his death in 1900, Thomas Kennicott Beecher was the pastor of Park Church. Beecher, together with his twelve siblings including author Harriet Beecher Stowe, was brought up by liberal reformist clergyman Lyman Beecher.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1099 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Park Church|date=April 1977 |accessdate=2008-11-07 |author=Nadler, Margaret L. |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1101 |title=Accompanying four photos, from 1973}}