{{short description|Historic church in New York, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Brick Church Complex | nrhp_type = | image = Brick Church.JPG | caption = | location = Brick Church Rd. and NY 306<br>New Hempstead, New York | coordinates = {{coord|41|8|25|N|74|3|55|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = New York#USA | built = 1856 | architecture = | added = September 7, 1984 | area = {{convert|4|acre}} | refnum = 84002947<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }} {{mdy|date=March 2023}} The '''Brick Church Complex''' is a historic Dutch Reformed church at Brick Church Road and NY 306 in New Hempstead, Rockland County, New York. The complex consists of the church, cemetery, school, and superintendent's house. The church was built in 1856 and has three brick elevations and a stone rear elevation. It features a large wood frame bell tower built in the late 19th century.<ref name="NysNrhpNom">{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321422 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Brick Church Complex|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author=Austin O'Brien |date=March 1983 | access-date=November 23, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.<ref name="nris" /> ==Background== The "Reformed Dutch Church of West Hempstead," originally known as ''Kikiat'' and presently known as the ''Brick Church'', was established in 1774.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marriage Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Kakiat West New Hempstead New York 1774-1898 |url=http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com/dutch_reformed_church_marriage_records_kakiat_west_new_hempstead_new_york.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-20 |title=Kakiat, Rockland Co., NY, Dutch Reformed Church Records: Part 1 |url=https://maddiesancestorsearch.blogspot.com/2011/01/kakiat-rockland-co-ny-dutch-reformed.html |access-date=2017-01-05 |website=Maddie's Ancestor Search}}</ref> ==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=200> BRICK CHURCH COMPLEX, ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY.jpg </gallery>
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* {{Find a Grave cemetery|179498|Brick Church Cemetery}} * [http://www.visitbrickchurch.com/cemetery Visit Brick Church]
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}
Category:Reformed Church in America Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Churches completed in 1856 Category:19th-century Calvinist and Reformed churches Category:Churches in Rockland County, New York Category:Ramapos Category:National Register of Historic Places in Rockland County, New York Category:1774 establishments in the Province of New York Category:19th-century churches in the United States