Old Whaler's Church (Sag Harbor)
First Presbyterian Church in Sag Harbor, New York, also known as Old Whaler's Church, is a historic and architecturally notable Presbyterian church built in 1844 in the Egyptian Revival style. The church is Sag Harbor's "most distinguished landmark." The facade has been described as "the most important (surviving) example of Egyptian revival style in the United States," and "the best example of the Egyptian Revival style in the U.S. today.
The First Presbyterian Church with steeple (before 1938)
Church without steeple and Old Burying Ground.
Marker at 43 Church st, Sag harbor - for the Old Barn Church, called the Atheneum
Historic Church on the National Historic Landmark register, Sag harbor - Egyptian revival style
Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardiners Bay. The population was 2,772 at the 2020 census.
Sag Harbor street scene
Umbrella House is the oldest surviving house in Sag Harbor. It housed British troops during the American Revolution. It was hit by cannon fire during the War of 1812 (light colored bricks were used to fill in, in lower left corner).
Old Whaler's Church with the 185-foot Egyptian revival steeple intact. The steeple was destroyed in a 1938 hurricane and has yet to be restored.
Old Whaler's Church and Old Burial Ground. The burial ground is the former site of a British fort that was attacked by Patriots in Meigs Raid during the Revolutionary War.
