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Photograph of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center, also known as United Methodist Church of Tioga Center, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Tioga in Tioga County, New York. It is a vernacular Gothic Revival style rectangular structure built in 1872-1873.”

Wikipedia article First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 57 National Register listings published here for Tioga County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. NY 17C, Tioga, 13827
  • When was it listed? April 2002
  • Category. building
  • Town. Tioga town
  • National Register reference number. 02000304 - 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

1903 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet covering First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center, surveyed 1903

Fires near this property

87 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center between 1995 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning22
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center: 9 producers, 7 past producers, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
K.Pompelly No.1 WellSaltProspect
Albro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bunce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C & C Ready Mix Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Concrete Materials S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
County FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J. W. Bishop Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Owego PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Tioga Centre General Store1.9 miles2003
Vesper Cliff3.7 miles2005
Platt-Cady Mansion4.4 miles1976
St. Paul's Church4.4 miles1997
Nichols High School4.5 miles1996
Evergreen Cemetery4.6 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02000304 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tioga CountyAll 57 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.