Preston-Potter Hollow in Albany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

1787 Baptist Church

Photographed by Mira Earls, August 26, 2022

1. 1787 Baptist Church Marker

Inscription.
Baptist Church formed as "First Church of Rensselaerville." Proposed first Am. Baptist Missionary Society and Natl. Baptist Assembly, 1801. Church built, 1846.

Erected 1998 by Rensselaerville Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1787.

Location. 42° 26.585′ N, 74° 12.352′ W. Marker is in Preston-Potter Hollow, New York, in Albany County. It is on New York 145, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3034 NY-145, Rensselaerville NY 12147, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

in the Capital District,

and in the Albany Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. Samuel Preston (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Whipping Post (approx. 0.3 miles away); Turnpike (approx. 1½ miles away); Potter Palmer (approx. 1.6 miles away); Potter Hollow Schoolhouse (approx. 1.7 miles away); Oak Hill Cemetery (approx. 3.1 miles away); Susquehanna Turnpike (approx. 3.4 miles away); Oak Hill Historic District (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Preston-Potter Hollow.

Also see . . . Baptist Church of Preston Hollow (Altamont Enterprise).

Excerpt: The Baptist Church of Preston Hollow was organized about 1793 but had an existence as early 1787 when the society composed of people living about Rensselaerville. It was initially called "The First Church at Rensselaerville", so named because it was the first one in the township. Churches at the time preceded villages, and like this one preceded the town, which was not separated from Watervliet until 1790. It was not until 1842 that church minutes list it under its present name of Preston Hollow.

(Submitted on March 7, 2024.)

1787 Baptist Church with Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, circa August 26, 2022

2. 1787 Baptist Church with Marker

Photographed by Mira Earls, August 26, 2022

3. 1787 Baptist Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 234 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 23, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.