A significant proportion of the 2,430 National Historic Landmarks sites in the U.S. are churches.
Church |
Image |
Built |
Designated |
Location |
Description |
Affiliation |
San Jose de los Jemez Mission |
|
1621–26 |
2012 |
Jemez Springs, NM |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
San Estévan del Rey Mission Church |
|
1629 |
1970 |
Acoma Pueblo, NM |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Mission San Luis de Apalachee (destroyed) |
|
1656 |
1966 |
Leon County, FL |
|
Roman Catholic |
Old Ship Church |
|
1681 |
1960 |
Hingham, MA |
Vernacular |
Puritan, Unitarian Universalist |
St. Luke's Church |
|
1682 |
1960 |
Smithfield, VA |
|
Anglican |
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow |
|
1685 |
1961 |
Sleepy Hollow, NY |
|
Dutch Reformed Church |
Old Quaker Meeting House of Queens |
|
1694–1719 |
1967 |
Queens, New York City, NY |
|
Society of Friends |
Merion Friends Meeting House |
|
c. 1695–1715 |
1999 |
Merion Station, PA |
|
Society of Friends |
Holy Trinity Church |
|
1698 |
1961 |
Wilmington, DE |
Georgian |
Church of Sweden |
St. Peter's Church |
|
1703 |
2012 |
Talleysville, VA |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
Yeocomico Church |
|
1706 |
1970 |
Westmoreland County, VA |
|
Episcopal |
Bruton Parish Church |
|
1711 |
1970 |
Williamsburg, VA |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
St. James Church, Goose Creek |
|
1713–19 |
1970 |
Goose Creek, SC |
|
Episcopal |
Old North Church |
|
1723 |
1961 |
Boston, MA |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
Trinity Church, Newport |
|
1726 |
1968 |
Newport, RI |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
Christ Church, Philadelphia |
|
1727–44 |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
Old South Meeting House |
|
1729 |
1960 |
Boston, MA |
Georgian |
Congregational |
Mission Concepcion |
|
1731 |
1970 |
San Antonio, TX |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Christ Church |
|
1732–35 |
1961 |
Lancaster County, VA |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
St. John's Episcopal Church |
|
1741 |
1961 |
Richmond, VA |
|
Episcopal |
Augustus Lutheran Church |
|
1743–45 |
1967 |
Trappe, Pennsylvania |
|
Lutheran |
Alamo Mission in San Antonio |
|
1744–57 |
1960 |
San Antonio, TX |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi (ruins) |
|
1751 |
1990 |
Nogales, AZ |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Aquia Church |
|
1751–55 |
1991 |
Stafford, VA |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
St. Michael's Episcopal Church |
|
1751–61 |
1960 |
Charleston, SC |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
Old Sheldon Church (ruins) |
|
1753 |
1970 |
Beaufort County, SC |
|
Episcopal |
King's Chapel |
|
1754 |
1974 |
Boston, MA |
Georgian |
Anglican, Unitarian |
Calabasas (ruins) |
|
1756 |
1990 |
Santa Cruz County, AZ |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Harpswell Meetinghouse |
|
1757 |
1968 |
Harpswell, ME |
Vernacular |
|
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia |
|
1758 |
1996 |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
Episcopal |
Christ Church, Cambridge |
|
1760–61 |
1960 |
Cambridge, MA |
|
Episcopal |
San José de Gracia Church |
|
1760–76 |
1970 |
Las Trampas, NM |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Christ Church, Alexandria |
|
1765–73 |
1970 |
Alexandria, VA |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
St. Paul's Chapel |
|
1766 |
1960 |
Manhattan, New York, NY |
Late Georgian |
Episcopal |
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church |
|
1767 |
1970 |
St. Stephen, South Carolina |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
Buckingham Friends Meeting House |
|
1768 |
2003 |
Buckingham Township, Bucks County, PA |
Colonial |
Society of Friends |
St. James Episcopal Church, Santee |
|
1768 |
1970 |
Santee, SC |
Georgian |
Episcopal |
First Church of Christ, Congregational, Farmington |
|
1771 |
1975 |
Farmington, CT |
|
Congregational |
Mission San Antonio de Padua |
|
1771 |
1976 |
Monterey County, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
San Francisco de Asís Mission Church |
|
1772–1816 |
1970 |
Ranchos de Taos, NM |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
First Baptist Church in America |
|
1775 |
1960 |
Providence, RI |
Georgian |
Baptist |
Mission San Xavier del Bac |
|
1783–97 |
1960 |
Pima County, AZ |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Unitarian Church in Charleston |
|
1787 |
1976 |
Charleston, SC |
Gothic Revival |
Unitarian Universalist |
Rockingham Meeting House |
|
1787-1801 |
2000 |
Rockingham, VT |
Vernacular |
Congregational |
Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo |
|
1791–95 |
1960 |
Monterey, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine |
|
1793–97 |
1970 |
St. Augustine, FL |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo |
|
1797 |
1960 |
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Church of the Holy Family, Cahokia |
|
1799 |
1970 |
Cahokia, IL |
Poteaux-sur-sol |
Roman Catholic |
African Meeting House |
|
1806 |
1974 |
Boston, MA |
|
Baptist |
Old West Church |
|
1806 |
1970 |
Boston, MA |
Georgian |
Congregational, Methodist |
St. Mary's Seminary Chapel |
|
1806–08 |
1971 |
Baltimore, MD |
Gothic Revival |
Roman Catholic |
Mission San Diego de Alcalá |
|
1808–13 |
1970 |
San Diego, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Monumental Church |
|
1812 |
1971 |
Richmond, VA |
Greek Revival |
Episcopal |
Round Church, Richmond |
|
1812–13 |
1996 |
Richmond, VT |
Vernacular |
|
Mission Santa Barbara |
|
1812–20 |
1960 |
Santa Barbara, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
La Purisima Mission |
|
1813 |
1970 |
Lompoc, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Santuario de Chimayo |
|
1814–16 |
1970 |
Chimayó, NM |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia |
|
1815 |
1970 |
Oceanside, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square |
|
1815–1816 |
1960 |
Washington, DC |
Greek Revival |
Episcopal |
First Church of Christ, Unitarian |
|
1816 |
1970 |
Lancaster, MA |
Federal |
Congregational, Unitarian Universalist |
Mission San Miguel Arcángel |
|
1816–18 |
2006 |
San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
Mission Santa Inés |
|
1817 |
1999 |
Solvang, CA |
Spanish Colonial |
Roman Catholic |
First Unitarian Church of Baltimore |
|
1817 |
1972 |
Baltimore, MD |
Neoclassical |
Unitarian Universalist |
Cathedral Church of St. Paul |
|
1819 |
1970 |
Boston, MA |
Greek Revival |
Episcopal |
Bethesda Presbyterian Church |
|
1822 |
1985 |
Camden, SC
34°14′46″N 80°36′19″W / 34.24611°N 80.60528°W / 34.24611; -80.60528 (Bethesda Presbyterian Church)
|
Neoclassical |
Presbyterian |
United First Parish Church |
|
1828 |
1970 |
Quincy, MA |
Greek Revival |
Unitarian Universalist |
Kirtland Temple |
|
1833–38 |
1976 |
Kirtland, OH |
Greek Revival, Federal |
Mormon, Community of Christ |
Dutch Reformed Church, Newburgh |
|
1835–37 |
2001 |
Newburgh, NY |
Greek Revival |
Dutch Reformed Church |
St. Philip's Church, Charleston |
|
1835–50 |
1973 |
Charleston, SC |
Late Georgian |
Episcopal, Anglican Church in North America |
Kawaiahaʻo Church |
|
1836–42 |
1962 |
Honolulu, HI |
Mediterranean Revival |
United Church of Christ |
Government Street Presbyterian Church |
|
1836–37 |
1992 |
Mobile, AL
30°41′22″N 88°2′37″W / 30.68944°N 88.04361°W / 30.68944; -88.04361 (Government Street Presbyterian Church)
|
Greek Revival |
Presbyterian |
St. Ignace Mission |
|
1837 |
|
St. Ignace, MI |
Vernacular |
Roman Catholic |
St. Patrick's Church, New Orleans |
|
1837–40 |
|
New Orleans, LA |
Gothic Revival |
Roman Catholic |
Trinity Church, Manhattan |
|
1839–46 |
1976 |
Manhattan, New York, NY |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Church of the Ascension, Episcopal |
|
1840–41 |
1987 |
Manhattan, New York, NY |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Grace Church, Manhattan |
|
1843–46 |
1977 |
Manhattan, New York, NY |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Old Whaler's Church |
|
1844 |
1994 |
Sag Harbor, NY
40°59′50″N 72°17′39″W / 40.99722°N 72.29417°W / 40.99722; -72.29417 (Old Whaler's Church)
|
Egyptian Revival |
Presbyterian |
Huguenot Church |
|
1844 |
1973 |
Charleston, SC |
Gothic Revival |
Reformed Church of France |
St. Michael's Cathedral, Sitka |
|
1844–48 |
1962 |
Sitka, AK |
Russian |
Russian Orthodox |
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church |
|
1844–47 |
1987 |
Brooklyn, New York City, NY |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Church of St. James the Less |
|
1846 |
1985 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington |
|
1846–64 |
1986 |
Burlington, NJ |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
St. George's Episcopal Church |
|
1846–56 |
1976 |
Manhattan, New York, NY |
Romanesque Revival |
Episcopal |
St. Mark's Episcopal Church |
|
1847–48 |
1985 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Grace Church, Newark |
|
1847–48 |
1987 |
Newark, NJ |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Cataldo Mission |
|
1848 |
1961 |
Cataldo, ID |
Greek Revival |
Roman Catholic |
Downtown Presbyterian Church of Nashville |
|
1848–49 |
1993 |
Nashville, TN |
Egyptian Revival |
Presbyterian |
Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh |
|
1848–53 |
1987 |
Raleigh, NC |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn |
|
1849 |
1966 |
Brooklyn, New York City, NY |
|
Congregational |
St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo |
|
1849–51 |
1987 |
Buffalo, NY |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Church of the Holy Cross |
|
1850–52 |
1973 |
Stateburg, SC |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal, Anglican Church in North America |
Old Dutch Church, Kingston |
|
1851–52 |
2008 |
Kingston, NY |
Renaissance Revival |
|
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church |
|
1853 |
1973 |
Prairieville, AL |
Carpenter Gothic |
Episcopal |
St. Alphonsus Church, New Orleans |
|
1855–57 |
1996 |
New Orleans, LA |
Italianate |
Roman Catholic |
Race Street Friends Meetinghouse |
|
1856 |
1993 |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
Society of Friends |
United Congregational Church of Newport |
|
1857 |
2012 |
Newport, RI |
Romanesque Revival |
Congregational |
First Baptist Church of Columbia |
|
1859 |
1973 |
Columbia, SC |
Greek Revival |
Baptist |
Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis |
|
1859 |
1994 |
St. Louis, MO |
Greek Revival |
Episcopal |
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan |
|
1858–78 |
1976 |
Manhattan, New York, NY |
Gothic Revival |
Roman Catholic |
Episcopal Church of the Nativity |
|
1859 |
1990 |
Huntsville, AL |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany |
|
1859–76 |
1980 |
Albany, NY |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
St. Mary's Assumption Church |
|
1860 |
1974 |
New Orleans, LA |
German Baroque Revival |
Roman Catholic |
All Saint's Memorial Church |
|
1863–4 |
1987 |
Navesink, NJ |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Tolson's Chapel and School |
|
1866 |
2021 |
Sharpsburg, MD |
Vernacular |
A.M.E. |
Church of the Covenant, Boston |
|
1867 |
2012 |
Boston, MA |
Gothic Revival |
United Church of Christ |
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Jim Thorpe |
|
1869 |
1987 |
Jim Thorpe, PA |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Trinity Church, Boston |
|
1872 |
1970 |
Boston, MA |
Richardsonian Romanesque |
Episcopal |
Old South Church |
|
1873 |
1970 |
Boston, MA |
|
United Church of Christ |
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church |
|
1873 |
1992 |
Grafton, WV |
|
Methodist Episcopal Church |
Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago |
|
1874 |
2013 |
Chicago, IL |
Gothic Revival |
Presbyterian |
St. Luke's Episcopal Church |
|
1876–80 |
1976 |
Washington, DC |
|
Episcopal |
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church |
|
1883–89 |
1974 |
Montgomery, AL |
|
Baptist |
Emmanuel Episcopal Church |
|
1884–86 |
2000 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Richardsonian Romanesque |
Episcopal |
Church of the Advocate |
|
1887 |
1996 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Gothic Revival |
Episcopal |
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church |
|
1890 |
1972 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Romanesque Revival |
A.M.E. |
Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church
(Harriet Tubman NHP)
|
|
1891 |
1974 |
Auburn, NY |
|
A.M.E. Zion |
Circular Congregational Church |
|
1892 |
1973 |
Charleston, SC |
Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival |
United Church of Christ |
Church of the Holy Ascension |
|
1894 |
1970 |
Unalaska, AK |
Russian |
Russian Orthodox |
Swedenborgian Church |
|
1895 |
2004 |
San Francisco, CA |
Arts and Crafts |
Swedenborgian |
Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church |
|
1895–96 |
1970 |
Kenai, AK |
Russian |
Russian Orthodox |
Centennial Baptist Church |
|
1905 |
2003 |
Helena–West Helena, AK |
Gothic Revival |
Baptist |
Unity Temple |
|
1905–08 |
1970 |
Oak Park, Illinois |
Modern |
Unitarian Universalist |
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church |
|
1908 |
1982 |
Selma, AL |
Romanesque Revival |
A.M.E. |
St. John's Presbyterian Church |
|
1910 |
1974 |
Berkeley, CA |
American Craftsman |
Presbyterian |
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley |
|
1910 |
1977 |
Berkeley, CA |
American Craftsman |
Christian Scientist |
16th Street Baptist Church |
|
1911 |
2006 |
Birmingham, AL |
Romanesque Revival |
Baptist |
Angelus Temple |
|
1923 |
1992 |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
Pentecostal |
Bethel Baptist Church |
|
1926 |
2005 |
Birmingham, AL |
|
Baptist |
Boston Avenue Methodist Church |
|
1927 |
1999 |
Tulsa, OK |
Art Deco |
United Methodist |
First Christian Church of Columbus, Indiana |
|
1942 |
2001 |
Columbus, IN |
Modern |
|
Christ Church Lutheran |
|
1948 |
2009 |
Minneapolis, MN |
Modern |
Lutheran |
First Unitarian Society of Madison |
|
1949–51 |
2004 |
Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin |
Modern |
Unitarian Universalist |
Fish Church |
|
1958 |
2021 |
Stamford, CT |
|
Presbyterian |
North Christian Church |
|
1964 |
2000 |
Columbus, IN |
Modern |
Disciples of Christ |
First Baptist Church of Columbus |
|
1965 |
2000 |
Columbus, IN |
Modern |
Baptist |
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, San Jose |
|
1968 |
2016 |
San Jose, CA |
|
Roman Catholic |