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Photograph of Petersburgh United Methodist Church
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Petersburgh United Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“Petersburgh United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church at 12 Head of Lane Road in Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York. It was originally built in 1820 and modified to its present Queen Anne style appearance in 1892.”

Wikipedia article Petersburgh United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 128 National Register listings published here for Rensselaer County · listed in 2004 · 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. 12 Head of Lane Rd., Petersburgh, 12138
  • When was it listed? January 2004
  • Category. building
  • Town. Petersburgh town
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 03001354 - 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

1897 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Petersburgh United Methodist Church, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Petersburgh United Methodist Church, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

56 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Petersburgh United Methodist Church between 2005 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined18
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer 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 Petersburgh United Methodist Church: 2 past producers. None of them 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
Jack Sweeney Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sweener PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer 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

3 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
Dickinson Hill Fire Tower4.5 miles2011
Tibbits House7.3 miles1978
Breese-Reynolds House7.4 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03001354 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rensselaer CountyAll 128 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.