First United Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“First United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church at Ilion in Herkimer County, New York. It consists of the original church was built between 1864 and 1866 and the attached 1890 Remington Chapel.”
Wikipedia article First United Methodist Church (Ilion, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer County · listed in 2003 · 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. 36 Second St., Ilion, 13357
When was it listed? July 2003
Category. building
Town. German Flatts town
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 03000601 - 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.

Fires near this property

82 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of First United Methodist Church between 2002 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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	44
Arson/incendiarism	14
Debris and open burning	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
30 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of First United Methodist Church: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
Bono Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ferdula Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ilion, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 flood, 3 hail. 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
July 1999	Flash Flood	Ilion	$250,000	no account filed
August 1996	Flash Flood	Ilion	$150,000	no account filed
July 2000	Flash Flood	Ilion	$33,000	no account filed
August 2003	Flash Flood	Ilion	$10,000	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	$9,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	$5,000	no account filed
May 2025	Flood	Ilion	$1,000	Photos were received of water flowing over East Main Street at Orchard Street in the Village of Ilion.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	A local trained weather spotter reported multiple trees down on wires in Ilion on Maple Place due to an outflow boundary from previous thunderstorms.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	Local fire department reported multiple trees down blocking NYS Route 5 going westbound.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	A building partially collapsed on Spruce Street in the Village of Ilion.
April 2022	Flood	Ilion	-	Several roads were closed in the Town of Mohawk due to flooding.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	A tree was downed.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	Trees were downed blocking West River Street.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	Wires were reported down on North Street in Ilion due to thunderstorm winds. Trees were also reported down in Ilion as well.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Ilion	-	New York State Route 5S in Mohawk was closed as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	A trained spotter reported a tree down and on a house as result of thunderstorm winds in Ilion.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Ilion	-	Numerous roads were closed in Mohawk due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Water rescues and evacuations took place across the entire town. The hardest hit areas were along the Fulmer Creek.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Ilion.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	A tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds on East North Street in Ilion.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	Trees were reported down in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2007	Hail	Ilion	-	Quarter size hail was reported in Ilion.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	Large tree limbs and wires were reported down in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ilion	-	Law enforcement personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down over a widespread area in the vicinity of Ilion.
June 2006	Flood	Ilion	-	Law enforcement personnel reported that around 200 people were evacuated from Ilion, Dolgeville, Mohawk, and Frankfort due to flooding.
June 2006	Flood	Ilion	-	An emergency manager reported that Fulmer Creek flooded a trailer park in German Flatts, about 5 miles southeast of Ilion. Twelve homes were evacuated.
May 2004	Hail	Ilion	-	1-inch hail observed in South Ilion.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Ilion	-	Flooding occurred along Acme Road.
May 2004	Hail	North Ilion	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Herkimer County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

1898 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1943 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
1945 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:25000
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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
US Post Office-Ilion	0.1 miles	1989
Remington Stables	0.2 miles	1976
Library Bureau-Remington Rand-Sperry UNIVAC Manufacturing Complex	0.5 miles	2021
Thomas Richardson House	0.6 miles	1984
Palatine German Frame House	1.0 miles	2004
Oak Hill Cemetery	1.7 miles	2013

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000601 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Herkimer County	All 74 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.