First Baptist Church of Cold Spring (Nelsonville, New York)
| "Church On The Hill" Cold Spring Baptist Church |
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Front (north) elevation and east profile, 2007
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Nelsonville, NY, United States |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°25′22″N 73°56′59″W / 41.42278°N 73.94972°W |
| Affiliation | Baptist (former) Non denominational Christian (current0 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Year consecrated | 1833 |
| Status | active |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Davenport |
| General contractor | William Bowne |
| Completed | 1832 |
| Construction cost | $825 |
| Direction of façade | north |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP | 1982 |
| NRHP Reference no. | 82001241 |
The Church on the Hill is located just outside that village on Main Street (NY 301) in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is the oldest church in the town of Philipstown, which includes both villages, and has been in use continually since its 1831 construction. Its white steeple, at the rise on the line between the villages, is a Nelsonville landmark. The parsonage located on Parsonage Street in Cold Spring is also owned by the church and on the National Historic Registry.
It is also the only frame church of any note within the Hudson Highlands. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and is situated next to Gothic Italianate home at 6 Parsonage Street.
The church is a frame clapboard structure on a stone foundation. The projecting entrance bay frames the doorway with corner pilasters and a plain entablature. The doorway itself is also pilastered, with bracketed capitals and a modillioned cornice.
From this rises a tall pendented steeple, atop an octagonal cupola whose arched openings are filled with louvered panels. The roof is gabled with returns; the projecting eaves are likewise bracketed. All sides have rounded stained-glass windows and corner pilasters.
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