Christ Church, Walton
Christ Church, Walton
Restored Tracery Window Reinstalled
Christ Church, Walton
Seven Years from Planning to Construction, Restoration of Christ Church Bell Tower in Walton, New York Underway
The Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Program assisted in the planning and construction phases of the $120,000 steeple restoration project at Christ Church in Walton with a $25,000 Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant and several smaller grants for architectural services. This 1832, wood-framed meeting-house style church is the only remaining church of three built in the village of Walton, located on the Delaware River, about sixty miles east of Binghamton. The bell tower framing was damaged in a 1961 fire, and never adequately repaired, while exterior wood trim, tracery and pinnacles had weathered and were in need of substantial restoration and replacement. The congregation began planning repairs in 2005, but fundraising efforts were delayed when the town experienced severe flooding in 2007. The Sacred Sites program has provided $55,000 in grants to Christ Church since 1990 to help fund architectural services and structural and exterior restoration work.
