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stoves provided the building's first heat. Over the next few decades, the congregation began dwindling until its last member died in 1933. But trustees continued to hold the required annual meeting and maintain the building. In 2004, two members were added to the empty congregation by vote of the
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National Register of Historic Places
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381:, they were also sometimes called the
22:Primitive Baptist Church of Brookfield
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383:Old School Meetinghouse of Brookfield
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128:41.39028°N 74.47389°W
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452:Hudson Valley portal
225:, also known as the
223:Church of Brookfield
1231:Wawayanda, New York
1122:Bridges and tunnels
359:Mainstream Baptists
241:, United States, a
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438:References
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409:Aesthetics
400:After the
391:Brookfield
329:white pine
262:vernacular
235:Slate Hill
119:74°28′26″W
116:41°23′25″N
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1096:Rochester
1091:Rhinebeck
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402:Civil War
379:Calvinism
317:hexagonal
283:clapboard
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179:Materials
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724:Cortland
719:Columbia
709:Chenango
674:Allegany
596:New York
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239:New York
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89:Location
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981:Wyoming
924:Suffolk
919:Steuben
849:Orleans
839:Ontario
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799:Madison
759:Genesee
714:Clinton
704:Chemung
338:History
325:gallery
319:raised
310:dentils
306:cornice
302:sashing
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684:Broome
669:Albany
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279:NY 284
243:hamlet
92:NY 6,
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1165:List
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