Caroline Church and Cemetery

Caroline Church and Cemetery is a historic Episcopalian church and cemetery and also a national historic district at the junction of Dyke and Bates Roads in Setauket, Suffolk County, New York. The church was built in 1729 and is a three-by-four-bay, heavy timber-framed, 42 by 30 foot building sheathed in wood shingles and covered by a gable roof. It features a 42-foot tower surmounted by a 25-foot spire. The complex also includes the parish house, built in 1905, and a barn built in 1893. The cemetery was established in 1734.[2]

Caroline Church and Cemetery
Caroline Church and Cemetery, November 2007
LocationJct. of Dyke and Bates Rds., Setauket, New York
Coordinates40°56′49″N 73°6′46″W
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1729
ArchitectSears, John; Smythe, Richard Haviland
NRHP reference No.91001148[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 09, 1991

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

Images
  • Captain William Oldrin (1773-1858) and Almy Kinner (1780-1853) tombstone

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. John A. Bonafide (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Caroline Church and Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying six photos".


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