Binghamton - West Side and Riverside Drive
•First Congregational Church UCC, 30 Main St. - open 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Designed by Isaac Perry, built in 1869 and enlarged in 1884. A historic marker identifies site as Peterson's Tavern where Binghamton was incorporated in 1834. Remains of the tavern wall still visible in the basement. Dominant front gable and side towers open to the sanctuary of fluted wooden columns and arches that support the clerestory.
•St. Patrick's Church, 11 Leroy St. - open 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Isaac Perry was the architect in 1873. It is of Gothic Revival style. Stained-glass windows were crafted by Franz Mayer & Co. of Munich, Germany. Celtic cast stone cross located on east front lawn of church. A presentation on history of the church will be given at 11:30.
A look inside St. John's Ukrainian Orthodox Church
A look inside First United Methodist Church
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•Temple Concord Synagogue, 9 Riverside Dr. - open 12 to 3 p.m.: Contemporary, one-floor synagogue connected to Jonas M. Kilmer mansion. Kilmer was a member of Binghamton's business community whose patent medicine industry included the famed cure-all called Swamp Root. Tours of the synagogue and mansion will be given during open house.
•Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 44 Main St. - open 12 to 3 p.m.: Constructed in 1895 in the High Victorian Gothic Style of New York bluestone with limestone trim. There are a number of stained-glass windows, including the Welden Window that dominates the south end of the church. Also featured is a Casavant organ installed in 1960.
•Community of Christ Church, 325 Burbank Ave. - open 12:30 to 3 p.m.: Contemporary style. Walls of sanctuary and narthex are of cherry stripping over brick and plaster. Interior plan is rectangular focusing on dais.
• Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, 308 Main St. - open 2 to 4 p.m.: Named for George F. Johnson's mother. Built of Hummelstown, Pa., brown stone. Church tower is 112 feet high with Carillonic bells.
•Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church, 230 Ukrainian Hill Road - open 12 to 3 p.m.: Unique style reflects the folk architecture of wooden churches in Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine. Denysenko Family, father and son, wrote the icons and built the iconostasis. Rem Bohutyn was artist of copper side altars and stations.
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Take a look inside St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church
A look inside United Presbyterian Church in Binghamton
•St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 1 St. John Parkway - open 12 to 2 p.m.: Byzantine style with three gilded cupolas. At the front entry is a mosaic of St. John the Baptist and a monument to the millennium of Christianity in Ukraine.
•Endwell United Methodist Church, 3301 Watson Boulevard - open 12 to 4 p.m.: Founded in 1921 at location where old Hooper School was later built and became the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Endwell. Present contemporary building of brick has had several additions, including a 100-foot steeple installed in 1983. Fifteen years ago, sanctuary was re-done. Photos of old church and renovations will be on display.
•Northminster Presbyterian Church, 711 Farm to Market Road - open 1 to 4 p.m.: The congregation moved into the present sanctuary in 1960. The sanctuary is unique with a beautiful stone wall with a Celtic Cross behind the pulpit. Congregation merged with Bonner Memorial Presbyterian in 1969. The stained-glass windows replaced in 2010, contain a blend of original glass, remembering their history and the new glass symbolizing hope for the future.
Endicott - Main Street and Union District
•Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Nativity, 312 E. Main St. - open 1 to 3 p.m.: Entry to the church features intricately hand-carved doors in wood showing the life of Christ. Former Vestal art teacher and member Eileen Fanning spent eight weeks carving the unique eight birch panels that was part of a larger renovation which moved the entrance from the side to the front. An organ recital will be given during the open house.
•Our Lady of Good Counsel, 701 W. Main St. - open 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Land for the new church was given by Endicott Johnson Corp. for $1. Erected in 1941, its Southwestern style is unique to this area. The interior contains a carving of the risen Christ by master woodcarver Lee A. Bodie. The gym/parish center features two windows from the old St. Mary's Church in Binghamton. This year, the parish is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The choir will sing several selections at 12:30 p.m. Guided tours will be given during the open house.
•St. Andrew's Church, 400 W. Wendell St. - open 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: A plaque in the nave states, "This church is the gift of the people's friend George F. Johnson MCMXXIII." Originally built for the Methodist Episcopal Congregation in 1923, the present congregation moved from Vestal in 2013. Five stones in the churchyard commemorate members of the Methodist Episcopal Church who lost their lives in World War II.
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 117 Main St. Owego - open 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: Parish organized in 1834. First church building was completed in 1840. Current building completed in 1894. William Halsey Wood was the architect. It is a cruciform structure with square lower and octagonal turret, in rural English style. The exterior material in Oxford blue stone. Interior, opened timbered roof in natural wood color, carved rood screen and adjacent Lady Chapel. The bell tower, with 10 working bells was added to building in 1921 and are still used routinely today. There is a cloister and columbarium. The building is surrounded by beautiful gardens.
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