Union Presbyterian Church (Scottsville, New York)
church building in New York, United States of America
Union Presbyterian Church, also known as First Presbyterian Church of Wheatland, is a historic Presbyterian church located at Scottsville in Monroe County, New York. It is a mid-19th-century vernacular Romanesque Revival–style building. It is composed of a three- by five-bay frame church with a 1+1⁄2-story rear wing that houses classrooms, offices, and kitchen facilities.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7885967. Authority coordinates are 43.022, -77.752. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004.
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