The First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown is a

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church in

Yorktown Heights, New York Yorktown Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census. History Yorktown Heights is in the town of Yorktown, New York, in northe ...

. The current church building is the third in the history of the

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, completed in 1840.

History

The congregation dates back to 1730. A meeting house was built in 1738, and a first resident pastor led the congregation from 1761. During the Revolutionary War, the church was used as barracks. It was destroyed by British troops in June 1779. A second church was built in 1785. A third church in the same style replaced it in 1840.

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* {{official, https://fpcyorktown.org/ Presbyterian churches in New York (state) Churches in Westchester County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York Greek Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches completed in 1730 18th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)