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Tompkins Corners United Methodist Church - now known as the Tompkins Corners Cultural Center - is located along Peekskill Hollow Road (Putnam County Route 21) in Putnam Valley, New York, United States. It is a wooden frame structure built in the 1890s. In 1983 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the only property exclusively in Putnam Valley to so far receive that distinction.〔Part of the county's stretch of the Taconic State Parkway runs through Putnam Valley.〕 The congregation was founded in 1789, making it one of the oldest Methodist churches in the state outside of New York City. It can trace its roots to early missionary work by Methodist evangelist Freeborn Garrettson. Today it is owned by a New York State not-for-profit organization known as the Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Inc. and is open to the general public for visual and performing arts events, classes and workshops. It can also be rented by individuals and community groups for meetings and events. In 1833 the first church on the site was built. By 1890 it had become outdated, and the current structure replaced it the next year. Its L shape, unusual for that era, was necessitated by the reuse of the original church's foundation. A nearby carriage house, used in the past for church events and today as storage space, remains from the original church. It is a contributing resource to the National Register listing. ==Buildings and grounds== The church is located along the north side of Peekskill Hollow, a short distance northeast of its four-way intersection with New Hill and Wiccopee roads that gives Tompkins Corners its name. A half-mile (800 m) to the north is the Carmel town line; another half-mile further is Peekskill Hollow's interchange with the Taconic State Parkway. The area is mostly wooded; the southern end of Fahnestock State Park is a half-mile to the north. Ten other buildings are in the vicinity,〔 all wooden as well. They are mostly houses except for some commercial structures at the intersection. On either side of the road hills rise steeply as the road follows Peekskill Hollow Brook with a small nearby gap where the tributary Wiccopee Brook flows through along the eponymous road.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tompkins Corners United Methodist Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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