Stained Glass in the botanical motif at Tabernacle United Methodist Church at 83 Main St. in Binghamton. They will be open on the tour from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
The New York Landmarks Conservancy is once again sponsoring a statewide Sacred Sites Open House on Sunday, May 21. This local event is hosted by the Sacred Sites Committee of The Preservation Association of the Southern Tier (PAST), and is free and open to the public.
Sacred Sites in Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott, and Endwell will be welcoming visitors at varied times from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The New York Landmarks Conservancy has set the theme of Stained glass: Windows on this World & the Next.
All 24 participants, including three new sites – the Calvary Baptist Church in Binghamton, Tabernacle United Methodist Church in Binghamton, and Saint James Church in Johnson City will showcase their unique structure, history and culture.
The Calvary Baptist Church, located at 466 Chenango St. in Binghamton, will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. during the tour.
This is an opportunity for visitors to view the spectacular interiors of varied religious structures in our community.
The sites are grouped in clusters along specific streets, neighborhoods or downtown areas. In this way, visitors can select groups of sites to visit that may be in walking distance of each other. Sites will welcome visitors, give tours, sing hymns, perform musical recitals, explain architecture, stained glass windows and tell the history of their building and congregation.
Several sites also inform visitors about social and community activities that take place at the site outside of the religious service.
Saint James Church, located at 155 Main St. in Johnson City, will be open from 1 to 3 p.m.
For a list of participants and their times in this year’s Sacred Sites Open House on Sunday, May 21, visit the PAST website at www.pastny.org or obtain flyers at most religious sites, local libraries and historical societies.
The Sacred Sites Committee would like to invite everyone to this very important event and thank all the participants for their willingness and efforts to be included in this open house.
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