Christ Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Located at 280 Main Street, Wellsburg, New York, Christ Episcopal Church was built in 1869. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.”
Wikipedia article Christ Episcopal Church (Wellsburg, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 47 National Register listings published here for Chemung County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 117 Main St., Wellsburg, 14894
When was it listed? August 2000
Category. building
Also known as. Historic Churches of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York MPS
Town. Ashland town
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 00000879 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1902 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Christ Episcopal Church, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet covering Christ Episcopal Church, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

100 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Christ Episcopal Church between 2001 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	59
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	9
Debris and open burning	8
Smoking	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Christ Episcopal Church: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chemung Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Chemung Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Chemung Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Chemung Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lowman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Maple Avenue Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Maple Avenue Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
No. 3 Maple Avenue Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this property

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellsburg, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2018	Flash Flood	Wellsburg	$50,000	Numerous roads were flooded in Wellsburg. One bridge was damaged, and a trailer park was evacuated.
August 2018	Flash Flood	Wellsburg	$20,000	Numerous roads were experiencing flash flooding and wash overs near the NY/PA border.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Wellsburg	$15,000	Several roads experienced rapid flooding in the area. Merriam Road was impassable due to rushing flood waters and possible road scouring.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wellsburg	$15,000	A roof was blown off a trailer, and attached carports were ripped away in Carriage Estates.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wellsburg	$15,000	A trailer was overturned and flipped on it's side in Westover Hills.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wellsburg	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple wires north of Wellsburg.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Wellsburg	$10,000	Several roads were washed out by heavy rainfall in the Town of Ashland and Village of Wellsburg.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Wellsburg	$10,000	Flash flooding was reported across all lanes of Route 367 neara the NY/PA border. Both directions of the highway were closed.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Wellsburg	$5,000	Flash flooding closed Route 427 with rushing water and debris covering the roadway.
May 2006	Flash Flood	Wellsburg	-	A small stream was flooded.

Every storm recorded in Chemung County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1902 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1954 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1954 USGS Wellsburg quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Wellsburg quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Chemung District School No. 10	1.2 miles	2008
Newtown Battlefield	1.6 miles	1972
Dr. Hovey Everett House	2.4 miles	2007
Riverside Cemetery	2.9 miles	2012
Maple Avenue Historic District	5.8 miles	2013
Emmanuel Epsicopal Church	5.9 miles	1998

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00000879 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chemung County	All 47 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.