The church is located on the east side of
New York State Route 208, in the northeast corner of the three-way intersection with New Hurley Road (
Ulster County Route 20). It is three miles () north of the
hamlet of
Wallkill and roughly the same distance south of
Gardiner, the next hamlet to the north; it is almost a thousand feet south of the boundary of the
town of
that name. The church is in the westernmost corner of the town of
Plattekill; neighboring
Shawangunk, where the church's Wallkill
ZIP Code is based, is on the south and west across the two roads. The surrounding area is primarily rural in character, with a mix of
woodlots,
orchards and open fields. The terrain is gently rolling, mostly level on the east side of the church but descending slowly towards the
Wallkill River, two miles (3.2 km) to the west in that direction. To the east is the
Catskill Aqueduct, part of
New York City's water supply system. Around to the southwest along the highway is the combined property of
Shawangunk and
Wallkill state prisons. Three sets of steps, the central one with metal handrails, cut in the
bluestone porch provide access to the portico on the south elevation. Four round
fluted Doric columns support a projecting
pediment with a
tympanum faced in flushboard. On the
facade behind the colonnade, the
curtain wall has two wide smooth square
pilasters at either corner. A wooden wall is at the west end of the porch. In between the pilasters are three wide entrances. The main entrance, in the center, is flanked with two iron lamps. Above it is a wooden plaque with "R.D. Church of New Hurley, founded 1770, rebuilt 1835" on it; the other two are topped with windows of equal size. Both sides have four evenly spaced tall and narrow windows. A pair of bulkhead doors to the cellar is located on the east side near the south corner. On the rear there are two near the corners. The roofline is set off by two wide
molded friezes divided by a narrow dentilled
course and topped by a raking
cornice, a treatment that continues into the broken pediment on the rear. Below the
eaves on the front pediment are two plain linear nested molded friezes. The roof is sheathed in wooden
shingles. The bell tower has five stages, all faced in narrow clapboard. The first ends in a narrow molded cornice; the second, slightly smaller, ends in a much larger cornice. Above it the taller third stage has a
louvered rectangular vent on each side, flanked by pilasters with a larger pilaster at each corner, all topped with
mutules ending on a molded course. The fourth stage, above that, is another short clapboarded section ending in a projecting cornice, above which a short clapboarded
parapet, the final stage, rises. It is topped by eight pluicles.
Interior All three entrances, set with paneled doors, open into a narrow
vestibule. They in turn open into the
sanctuary, corresponding to three aisles between and aside the wooden
pews, each with
mahogany back rails and arm rests. At the rear of the church is a
lectern on a raised platform. Behind it is an
entablature screen supported by four fluted pilasters, flanked by the rear windows. Pilasters flank all eight side windows, rising to a broad, flat cornice at the ceiling. In the space between the cornice and window sash are five wooden
bosses. The space is illuminated by
chandeliers hung from the ceiling. Staircases at opposite ends of the front vestibule lead up to the organ and
choir where a
trap door permits access to the bell tower. In the basement is a furnace. ==History==