West Kortright Centre

West Kortright Presbyterian Church
West Kortright Centre is located in New York
West Kortright Centre
Location49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith, New York
Coordinates42°24′8″N 74°51′8″W / 42.40222°N 74.85222°W / 42.40222; -74.85222
Arealess than one acre
Built1850
Architectural styleGreek Revival with Gothic Revival accents
Websitehttps://westkc.org/
NRHP reference No.02001326[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 2002

The West Kortright Center is a non-profit arts and community center in Delaware County, New York, United States. Prior to 1975, the building housed the West Kortright Presbyterian Church. The building was constructed in 1850 and substantially remodeled in the 1890s.

In 1975, local residents worked to repurpose the Greek Revival West Kortright Presbyterian Church, with its late Victorian stained glass windows, kerosene chandeliers, curved pews and woodwork. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places and became a National Historic Landmark in 2002.[2]

In addition to hosting musical and theatrical performers from a variety of genres, the WKC offers garden tours, exhibits from local visual artists, and arts and crafts workshops in subjects such as basket weaving, stone wall restoration, and creative writing.[3]

In 1987, writer and director Nancy Fales Garrett founded the Shakespeare in the Valley summer program, which teaches acting and theater tech skills to children and teenagers.[4] [5]

Artists presented at the West Kortright Center since 1975 have included:[6][7][8][9]

Composers
Poets
Bluegrass, country, and roots musicians
Traditional musicians
Jazz performers
Folk musicians
Blues musicians
Monologists
International performers

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New York SP West Kortright Presbyterian Church". National Archives Catalog. U.S. National Archives Administration. November 15, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "Arts and Crafts Workshops". West Kortright Center. July 16, 2025. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  4. ^ "Nancy Fales Garrett Papers: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids". findingaids.library.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  5. ^ "Shakespeare in the Valley (Friday and Saturday)". Pure Catskills. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: In the Heart of the Valley. YouTube.
  7. ^ "West Kortright Centre | Watershed Post". www.watershedpost.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
  8. ^ "Worshipping the arts". 15 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Home". westkc.org.


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