{{short description|Historic church in New York, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Park Church | nrhp_type = | image = parkchurch.jpg | caption = | location = 208 W. Gray St., Elmira, New York | coordinates = {{coord|42|5|21|N|76|48|33|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = New York#USA | built = 1872 | architect = White, Horatio Nelson | architecture = Late Victorian, Eclectic | added = May 25, 1977 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 77000936<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}

'''Park Church''' runs the length of an entire city block in Elmira, New York. The church was constructed from 1874 through 1876, replacing its much smaller, wooden predecessor. It was designed by Horatio Nelson White. The design of the limestone and brick church is highly eclectic.

Besides its architecture, the church is significant for its congregation of abolitionists and humanitarians. From 1854 until his death in 1900, Thomas Kennicott Beecher was the pastor of Park Church. Beecher, together with his twelve siblings including author Harriet Beecher Stowe, was brought up by liberal reformist clergyman Lyman Beecher.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316832 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Park Church|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Nadler, Margaret L. |date= April 1977| access-date=October 25, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> Image:Parkchurchside.jpg|Side view </gallery>

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{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}

Category:Churches in Elmira, New York Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Churches completed in 1876 Category:19th-century churches in the United States Category:Churches in Chemung County, New York Category:National Register of Historic Places in Chemung County, New York

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