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<br />The Church of Saint Dismas, The Good
<br />Thief, Dannemora, New York. Detail of
<br />tax map showing the National Register
<br />boundaries.
<br />Church of St. Dismas, The Good
<br />Thief, Dannemora, Clinton County,
<br />New York, is a large, stone chapel on
<br />the grounds of the Clinton Correc-
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<br />tional Facility. The chapel, which
<br />was completed in 1941, was built on
<br />the site of the abandoned prison farm
<br />building along the north edge of the
<br />prison grounds within the walls; 1.07
<br />acres were set aside for the building,
<br />and the boundary of the nominated
<br />property coincides with the lot lines
<br />drawn around the 1.07 acres when
<br />the church was built. The boundary
<br />encompasses three additional historic
<br />features directly associated with the
<br />chapel: a greenhouse, a terraced
<br />stone wall, and a grotto. The remain-
<br />der of the Clinton Correctional
<br />Facility, established in 1845, had not
<br />been surveyed at the time the chapel
<br />nomination was prepared nor evalu-
<br />ated for National Register eligibility;
<br />therefore, only the chapel and its
<br />grounds are included in the nomi-
<br />nated property. Verbal boundary
<br />description: Heavy black outline on
<br />attached county tax map defines
<br />boundary of nominated property.
<br />Boundary justification: The bound-
<br />ary is drawn to coincide with the
<br />1.07 -acre parcel which was delineated
<br />when the prison farm was abandoned
<br />and the church was constructed.
<br />GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING BOUNDARIES:
<br />HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICTS
<br />BOUNDARIES FOR
<br />HISTORIC
<br />DISTRICTS
<br />A historic district possesses a
<br />significant concentration or continuity
<br />of sites, buildings, structures, or
<br />objects united historically or aestheti-
<br />cally by plan or physical develop-
<br />ment. Districts may include several
<br />contributing resources that are nearly
<br />equal in importance, as in a neighbor-
<br />hood, or a variety of contributing
<br />resources, as in a large farm, estate, or
<br />parkway. Noncontributing resources
<br />located among contributing resources
<br />are included within the boundaries of
<br />a district. When visual continuity is
<br />not a factor of historic significance,
<br />when resources are geographically
<br />separate, and when the intervening
<br />space lacks significance, a historic
<br />district may contain discontiguous
<br />elements. (See National Register
<br />Bulletin: How to Complete the National
<br />Register Registration Form for further
<br />discussion about defining a district.)
<br />(summarized from How to Complete the National Register Registration Fornt, pp. 56 -57)
<br />Select boundaries that encompass the single area of land containing the significant concentration of buildings,
<br />sites, structures, or objects making up the district. The district's significance and historic integrity should help
<br />determine the boundaries. Consider the following factors:
<br />• Visual barriers that mark a change in the historic character of the area or that break the continuity of the
<br />district, such as new construction, highways, or development of a different character.
<br />• Visual changes in the character of the area due to different architectural styles, types or periods, or to a
<br />decline in the concentration of contributing resources.
<br />• Boundaries at a specific time in history, such as the original city limits or the legally recorded boundaries of
<br />a housing subdivision, estate, or ranch.
<br />• Clearly differentiated patterns of historic development, such as commercial versus residential or industrial.
<br />A historic district may contain discontiguous elements only under the following circumstances:
<br />• When visual continuity is not a factor of historic significance, when resources are geographically separate,
<br />and when the intervening space lacks significance: for example, a cemetery located outside a rural village may
<br />be part of a discontiguous district.
<br />• When cultural resources are interconnected by natural features that are excluded from the National
<br />Register listing: for example, the sections of a canal system separated by natural, navigable waterways.
<br />• When a portion of a district has been separated by intervening development or highway construction and
<br />when the separated portion has sufficient significance and integrity to meet the National Register Criteria.
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