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Photograph of Woodbourne Reformed Church Complex
Photograph by Vonsky87, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Woodbourne Reformed Church Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.

From the record

“Woodbourne Reformed Church Complex is a historic Dutch Reformed church complex on NY 42 in Woodbourne, Sullivan County, New York. The complex consists of a church, chapel, and cemetery.”

Wikipedia article Woodbourne Reformed Church Complex, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Sullivan 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 listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. NY 42, Woodbourne, 12788
  • When was it listed? November 2003
  • Category. building
  • Town. Fallsburg town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 03001120 - 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

163 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Woodbourne Reformed Church Complex between 1998 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined67
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural10
Smoking9
Other causes8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Smoking1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Natural4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Woodbourne Reformed Church Complex: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Maston Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this property

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbourne, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002LightningWoodbourne$50,000Lightning started a house fire in Woodbourne on Mongaup Road. The house was destroyed. House cost is an estimate.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires near 461 Route 52.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$10,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires near 141 Michigan Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$5,000Power lines and trees down in Woodbourne and Summitville. Power lines and trees down also in Fallsburg at 1315 EST.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Riverside Drive.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires onto Michigan Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$1,000Trees were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne-The New York State Mesonet station WBOU (Woodbourne) measured a gust of 59 mph.
July 2014HailWoodbourne-no account filed
June 2009HailWoodbourne-no account filed
June 2008HailWoodbourne-no account filed
June 2008HailWoodbourne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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.

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
Center Theatre0.3 miles2001
Hasbrouck Stone House2.2 miles2019
Loch Sheldrake Synagogue3.1 miles1997
Ohave Shalom Synagogue3.8 miles2000
South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Synagogue4.1 miles2000
Levitz Family Farm4.2 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03001120 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sullivan CountyAll 79 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.