Caroline Church and Cemetery

Caroline Church and Cemetery

Caroline Church and Cemetery, November 2007
Location Jct. of Dyke and Bates Rds., Setauket, New York
Coordinates 40°56′49″N 73°6′46″W / 40.94694°N 73.11278°W / 40.94694; -73.11278Coordinates: 40°56′49″N 73°6′46″W / 40.94694°N 73.11278°W / 40.94694; -73.11278
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1729
Architect Sears, John; Smythe, Richard Haviland
NRHP Reference # 91001148[1]
Added to NRHP September 09, 1991

Caroline Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery and national historic district at the junction of Dyke and Bates Roads in Setauket, Suffolk County, New York. The church was built in 1729 and is a three-by-four-bay, heavy timber-framed, 42 by 30 foot building sheathed in wood shingles and covered by a gable roof. It features a 42-foot tower surmounted by a 25-foot spire. The complex also includes the parish house, built in 1905, and a barn built in 1893. The cemetery was established in 1734.[2]

It added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

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