Patterson Baptist Church

Patterson Baptist Church (HMGM0)

Location: Patterson, NY 12563 Putnam County
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N 41° 29.242', W 73° 37.599'

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Patterson 200 Years

Patterson Baptist Church
(The Rock Church)
1790

The Baptist Church
The following material was adapted from notes put together by Reverend James B.M. Frost, March 1993:

Pelletreau's "History of Putnam County," written in the 1880s indicates that about a half mile from the Triangle Inn Corner (now the intersection of N.Y. 311 and N.Y. 292), there was an "?ancient burying ground, the surface which is studded with rough stones which mark graves ?the oldest burying ground in the town." A Baptist meeting house is shown at that location on Erskin's military map of 1780, on the north side of the road from Patterson to Carmel, about a half mile west of where Mill Brook crosses it, and about a mile and a half north of here. The date of the building of the church is unknown and there are no records of the pastors or the members.

The church which is reported to have been in existence on that site for many years, was constituted on December 1, 1790, as the Second Baptist Church of Fredrickstown, with thirty members, and it was incorporated under New York State law on September 15, 1794.

About 1812 the old building was moved a mile and a half south to this location, then known as Towner's Four Corners. It stood until a new building was erected and dedicated in March, 1836. It is interesting to note that all three congregations in the town rebuilt their buildings between 1836 and 1838. It was apparently a time of growth and optimism. The railroad was coming to Patterson and the town was changing rapidly. Towners would soon have both a railroad station and its own Post Office.

After the Civil War, in 1867, just prior to the extension of the second railroad line through the area, the present building was built to replace the previous one which had been in use for over thirty years. It was dedicated on October 16, 1867. It has been called the "Rock Church" because it stands on the summit of a ridge where a bed of limestone comes to the surface.

The burying ground opposite the church had been used for a family burying ground for several years, but was given to the trustees by John Towner on April 2, 1828.
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 614647 N 4593771
Decimal Degrees41.48736667, -73.62665000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 29.242', W 73° 37.599'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 29' 14.52" N, 73° 37' 35.94" W
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Area Code(s)845, 203
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 595 NY-311, Patterson NY 12563, US
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