E. Main St., Oyster Bay, New York. County/parish: Nassau.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1976. NRIS 76001232.
2 contributing buildings.First Presbyterian Church built in 1873 is classified as an historic Stick/Eastlake style Presbyterian Church building located at 60 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, in the U.S. state of New York. Its architect was J. Cleaveland Cady, who was just beginning his career and would go on to design the original Metropolitan Opera House, the American Museum of Natural History, buildings at Yale University, Trinity College, and 23 other churches including the Plantsville Congregational Church, Southington, CT in the similar Gothic Revival style.
The congregation which dates back to 1842, is noted for its association with Theodore Roosevelt Sr., his wife, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and their children including their son, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the future President of the United States. The funeral of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. was held in this building in 1878.
On December 12, 1976, the church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319099