The Dutch Reformed Church is one of the most prominent architectural landmarks in Newburgh, New York. It was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1835 in the Greek Revival style just after the disso
The church in late 2006, with all four columns restored
An 1842 woodcut of Newburgh showing how the church (top, right) dominated the city's skyline during that time period.
Davis based the design on Town & Davis' recent Church of the French Protestants (1832) in New York
Damage from the 1950 hurricane
Thornton M. Niven
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Thornton MacNess Niven was a Scottish-American architect and master stonecutter who worked primarily in Newburgh, New York, but also in several locations along the Hudson River and Southern United Sta
Dutch Reformed Church (Newburgh, New York)
…other notable historic buildings such as the former Orange County Courthouse, another Greek Revival building (designed by locally prominent architect Thornton Niven) across the street, the library, several other large old churches (some still in use). The current siting both enhances and complicate its aesthetic…
Niven in 1872