2011 Sacred Sites Open House Weekend

More than 140 Landmark churches and synagogues from across the state participated in “Sacred Sites Open House Weekend” May 19 and 20 when they opened their doors to their communities.

The weekend introduced people to remarkable art and architecture they would not normally visit and allowed the congregations to discuss their history, cultural programming and social service programs that benefit the wider community.

“These are some of the most beautiful buildings in our communities. They tell our history, they show developments in art and architecture, and anchor their neighborhoods with cultural and social programs that benefit beyond their congregations. The Open House Weekend is a wonderful opportunity to be a tourist in your own town,” said Peg Breen, president of The New York Landmarks Conservancy.

The weekend was part of a year-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites program. Sacred Sites is the only statewide program in the country offering grants and technical help to landmark religious institutions. The program has given 1141 grants of more than $7 million to congregations of all denominations. The grants have leveraged total restoration and repair project costs of more than $500 million.

Check out our Facebook page for photos from participating congregations across the state.

Click here for a Google map of Brooklyn Sites

Click here for an alphabetized listing of participating sites.

All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Briarcliff Manor
Amawalk Friends Meeting, Yorktown Heights, New York
Blessed Trinity RC Church, Buffalo
Brotherhood Synagogue, New York
Church of the Ascension, New York
Church of the Incarnation, New York
Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration, New York
Temple Emanu-El, New York
Congregation Tifereth Israel Anshei Greenport, Greenport
Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Harlemville, Hillsdale
First Congregational Church of Bay Shore, Bay Shore
First Congregational United Church of Christ, Poughkeepsie
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie
Flushing Quaker Meeting House, Flushing (Contact Wendy Burns).
Forest Presbyterian Church, Lyons Falls
Greek Orthodox Church Of The Annunciation, New York
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New York
Morning Star United Methodist Church, Ilion
Mother Seton Shrine, New York
Mount Moriah Presbyterian Church, Port Henry
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
Plymouth Congregational Church, Syracuse
Rhinebeck Reformed Church, Rhinebeck
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Southampton
Saugerties Reformed Church, Saugerties
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava, New York
St Patrick’s Church, Binghamton
St. Charles Borromeo Church, Brooklyn
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Williamsburg
St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Staten Island
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Albany
St. Philips, New York
St. Thomas Chapel, Amagansett
Temple Emanu-El, Staten Island
The First Congregational Church of Lewis, Lewis
Fredonia Baptist Church (Click here to download their Open House poster. Click here to download their press release)
United Methodist Church of the Tarrytowns, Tarrytown
Universal Preservation Hall, Saratoga Springs
University Parish of St. Joseph’s, New York
Woodrow United Methodist Church, Staten Island
Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper
Crenshaw Christian Center East, New York
St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, New York
Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church, Brooklyn
Free Synagogue of Flushing, Queens
The Buffalo Religious Arts Center, Buffalo
Corpus Christi, Buffalo
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Patchogue
Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral, Brooklyn
Middle Island United Church of Christ, Middle Island
Church of the Resurrection, Kew Gardens
Zion Episcopal, Rome
Zion Episcopal, Palmyra
Trinity Lutheran Church, Palantine Bridge
Trinity Emmanuel Presbyterian, Rochester
Tremont Baptist Church, Bronx
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Rochester
St. Mary Mother of the Church Bedford Chapel, Fishkill
New Hempstead Presbyterian Church, New City
First Reformed Church, Fishkill
First Presbyterian Church, Cazenovia
First Church of Christ Scientist, Jamestown
St. John’s in-the-Village Episcopal Church, New York
St. Bart’s, New York
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Brewster
Oak Hill Methodist Church, Durham
Christ Church New Brighton, Staten Island
Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church, Roxbury
Holy Cross Monastery, West Park
Herkimer Reformed Church, Herkimer
Grace Episcopal Church, Elmira
Grace Church, Whitney Point
First Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor, Sag Harbor
Christ Episcopal Church, Hudson
Christ Church, Pittsford
Cathedral of St. John The Divine, New York
Bristol Hill Congregational United Church of Christ, Volney
Dryden United Methodist Church, Dryden
Newtonville United Methodist Church, Newtonville
Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene, Rochester
First Presbyterian Church, Hudson
Reformed Church of Shawangunk, Wallkill
Fairstreet Reformed Church, Kingston
First Presbyterian Church, Saranac Lake
Old Broadway Synagogue, New York
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Yaphank
New Baptist Temple, Brooklyn
Port Gibson United Methodist Church, Port Gibson
Essex Community Church, Essex
Unitarian Universalist Society – Chapin Memorial Church building, Oneonta
Museum at Eldridge Street, New York
First Presbyterian Church, Wyoming
Rugged Cross Baptist Church, Brooklyn
Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Church, New York
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany
Unitarian Universalist Church, Cortland
First Presbyterian Church, Holland Patent
Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Buffalo
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton
Episcopal Church of Saints Peter and John, Auburn
St. Philips Episcopal Church, Brooklyn
Holyrood Church, New York
Church of the Holy Trinity, New York
Astoria Center of Israel, Astoria
Christ Church, Rochester
Cooperstown United Methodist, Cooperstown
First Congregational Church, Malone
Grace Church, New York
St. George’s Episcopal Church, Newburgh
Old Saratoga Reformed Church, Schuylerville
Holy House Of Prayer For All People, Brooklyn
First United Church, Newburgh
All Saints Episcopal Cathedral, Albany
St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Albany
Vestry of Christ Church , Duanesburg
Zion Episcopal, Greene
Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, New York
Stanton Street Shul, New York
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, New York
St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, New York
Grace Episcopal Church, Lyons
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Slaterville Springs
Kinderhook Reformed Church, Kinderhook
Church of St. Lawrence, Alexandria Bay
United Presbyterian Church of Sackets Harbor, Sackets Harbor
Church of the Covenant, New York
Church of the Holy Apostles, New York
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bronx
Church of Notre Dame, New York
Setauket Presbyterian Church, Setauket
Fordham United Methodist Church, Bronx
Kane Street Synagogue, Brooklyn
Congregation Beth Hamedresh- Beth Israel, Rochester
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, New York
Fort Miller Reformed Church, Fort Edward
Harpursville United Methodist Church, Harpursville
Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, New York
St. Ignatius of Antioch, New York
His Most Precious Blood, Long Island City

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