Wanakena Presbyterian Church
church building in New York, United States of America
Wanakena Presbyterian Church, also known as Mount Lebanon Presbyterian Church and Western Adirondack Presbyterian Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located at Wanakena in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was built in 1903 and is a "steepled ell" plan with its steepled entry tower located at the intersection of the two volumes. The tower has a louvered belfry topped by a pyramidal roof.
Its design is attributed to church plan catalogue architect Benjamin D. Price.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The public source identifies “Wanakena Presbyterian Church” as church building in New York, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Wanakena, Presbyterian and Church.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7967048. Authority coordinates are 44.136, -74.922. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1903 and 2007.
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