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Altamont, New York
—The Museum in the Streets —
Charles Nichols and built by contractor George Rockefeller in 1871-72 was the first church built in Knowersville. The original church building was 42 x 62 feet and, completely furnished, cost a little more than $10,000. As the only church in Knowersville in 1872, all denominations were welcomed to worship together. It would be sixteen years before the Reformed and the Catholic churches would be built. In 1881, St. John's and it's sister church, St. Mark's in Guilderland Center separated from the parent church, St. James, into independent congregations. St. James church, organized in
1787, had been the first Lutheran Church in the area, located approximately two miles east of Altamont, near Fairview Cemetery.
a todas las religiones para rezar juntos. Se tardaría 16 años en construir las Iglesias Reformadas y Católicas. En 1881 se separaron St. John y su iglesia hermana St. Mark en Guilderland Center de su iglesia madre, St. James, en congregaciones independientes. La Iglesia St. James, organizada en 1787 había sido la primera iglesia luterana en la zona, ubicada aproximadamente a dos millas al este de Altamont, cerca del Cementerio Fairview.
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| HM Number | HM2F64 |
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| Placed By | Hudson River Valley Greenway |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 at 11:04am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 579147 N 4728327 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.70336667, -74.03360000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 42.202', W 74° 2.016' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 42' 12.12" N, 74° 2' 0.96" W |
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