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The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow ( Dutch: Oude Nederlandse Kerk van Sleepy Hollow ), listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Dutch Reformed Church (Sleepy Hollow), is a 17th-century stone church located on Albany Post Road ( U.S. Route 9) in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States.
- The Rev. Jeffrey Gargano
- Reformed Church in America
- Only used for special occasions
No restroom facilities. Grounds close at 4:30 pm, no entry after 4:30. Founded around 1685, this is the church and churchyard that appear in Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”. It is often confused with the adjacent but separate Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
13. Apr. 2022 · The church is recognized as the oldest extant church in New York and a National Historic Landmark. The Old Dutch Burying Ground, which surrounds it on three acres, is believed to predate the church. Washington Irving is buried just up the hill, in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery adjacent.
14. Juli 2023 · Sleepy Hollow is one of the most recognized town names in America. However, there is so much more to this historical town than many people realize. Behind the famed book, there are real people and a real church. The Old Dutch Church is the oldest church still standing in New York State and still has an active congregation.
- Sleepy Hollow
3. Aug. 2010 · The oldest existing church in New York, the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow (also known as the Dutch Reformed Church) and its two-and-a-half-acre colonial-era burying ground served as the...
The 2-acre burying ground around the church is the purported final resting of local citizens who likely inspired Irving’s characters of Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones, and others in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and also of the horseman himself. The church and churchyard are adjacent to but not affiliated with the 90-acre Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
The Headless Horseman is reported to ride swiftly through Sleepy Hollow at night as if reenacting the battle that took his head, before returning at daybreak to the churchyard where he is buried.
