Caroline Church and Cemetery is a historic

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and

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and also a national

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at the junction of Dyke and Bates Roads in Setauket,

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. 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

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. The complex also includes the parish house, built in 1905, and a barn built in 1893. The cemetery was established in 1734. ''See also:'' It was added to the

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in 1991.

Images

File:Captain William Oldrin (1773-1858) and Almy Kinner (1780-1853) tombstone.jpg, Captain William Oldrin (1773–1858) and Almy Kinner (1780–1853) tombstone

References

External links

Caroline Church Official Website
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1729 Churches in Suffolk County, New York 18th-century churches in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York 1729 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies