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The Hamilton Union Church Rectory front elevation viewed from the southeast (August 2025).
Hamilton Union Church Rectory

Photo of the Hamilton Union Church Rectory in the 1982 NRHP nomination document (marked April 1979)
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HamiltonUnionRectory viewed from southwest
  1. Hamilton Union Church Rectory viewed from southwest  

Text information from NRHP nomination of 1982
Hamilton Union Church Rectory entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982
Application file # 4; National Register Guilderland Multiple Resource Area # 18.
Once part of the Hamlet of Hamiltonville, the house is set back from heavily travelled U.S. Route 20.
Features: Unaltered Greek Revival style design, three bays wide with Doric pilaster between, classic recessed door with side lights and transoms; 6/6 windows on first floor, small 3/6 windows on second floor; there is a one-story ell on the east side; stone foundation.
Date of initial construction: 1857.
Historical and Architectural importance: This excellent, surviving Greek Revival style design was originally constructed as the rectory for nearby Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church. The first pastor to occupy the house was Rev. W. Fothingham who wrote the histories of Montgomery & Fulton Counties. It is the best example of "temple" design in the town. An adaptation of the classic Greek temple, the Greek Revival style was a popular mode of design in the mid-nineteenth century for modest scaled country residences such as this. The building is set back from a major traffic artery, U.S. Route 20, and survives substantially intact amidst modern suburban development. Both the interior and exterior of the building remain largely unaltered.
Hamilton Union Church Rectory NRHP nomination document (9MB pdf)

 map location of Hamilton Union Church Rectory  site map showing building location
  map location from NRHP document (#4 Hamilton Union Church Rectory)   site map with building location from 1979 tax map
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