Stillwater United Church, formerly known as Second Baptist Church, is a historic

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at 135 Hudson Avenue in Stillwater,

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. It was designed by architect Marcus F. Cummings and built in 1873. It has a rectangular, gable roofed

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above a raised basement of cut

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blocks in an early Romanesque or Northern Italianate style. It features an engaged brick

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culminating in a belfry and topped by a tall

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. A two-story brick education wing was added in 1952. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying four photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the

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in 2006.

References

External links

Stillwater United Church website
Baptist churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Italianate architecture in New York (state) Churches completed in 1873 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States Churches in Saratoga County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Saratoga County, New York Italianate church buildings in the United States {{NewYork-Baptist-church-stub