Sacred Sites Open House scheduled for Sunday

The New York Landmarks Conservancy is once again sponsoring a statewide Sacred Sites Open House on Sunday, May 6. The Sacred Sites Committee of The Preservation Association of the Southern Tier (PAST) hosts this event. It is free and open to the public.  

Sacred Sites in Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott and Endwell will be welcoming visitors at varied times from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The New York Landmarks Conservancy has set the theme of, “Sacred Sounds and Settings”.

There are 24 participants, including five new sites, to include the Landmark Church, Community Bible Church, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Binghamton and The Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, and Johnson City will showcase their unique structure, history, culture and music.  This is an opportunity to be a tourist in your own neighborhood and 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 and 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. 

For a list of participants and their times in this year’s Sacred Sites Open House, visit the PAST website at www.pastny.org or obtain flyers at most religious sites, local libraries and historical societies. 

PAST and the Sacred Sites Committee would like to invite everyone to this very important event and ask your support of this program by visiting these spectacular architectural structures located right in our neighborhoods.