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Photograph of Clifton Park Center Baptist Church and Cemetery
Photograph by Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Clifton Park Center Baptist Church and Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Clifton Park Center Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historic Baptist church and cemetery at 713 Clifton Park Center Road in Clifton Park Center, Saratoga County, New York. It was built in 1837 and is a rectangular, gable-roofed brick church in a vernacular Greek Revival style.”

Wikipedia article Clifton Park Center Baptist Church and Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Saratoga 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

  • Address. 713 Clifton Park Center rd., Clifton Park Center, 12065
  • When was it listed? September 2004
  • Category. building
  • Town. Clifton Park town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 04001055 - 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

450 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 450 fires within 5 miles of Clifton Park Center Baptist Church and Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 88 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/undetermined228
Arson/incendiarism88
Smoking33
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Debris and open burning24
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2001Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Saratoga 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 Clifton Park Center Baptist Church and Cemetery: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Crescent Clay PitClayProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this property

25 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifton Park Center, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was reported down on Northgate Court in Clifton Park.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A medium to large tree branch was downed near the corner of Chillmark Turn and Tisdale Lane in Clifton Park.
September 2023HailClifton Park Center-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Clifton Park.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Law Enforcement reported numerous trees down throughout the town of Clifton Park.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A few trees were downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Several trees were downed on wires and a home on Locust Lane.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees were downed onto wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed across a road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto a house.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees and wires were downed across a road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto a house.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto service lines to a residence.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree and wires were downed onto a vehicle near Hemlock Drive and Clifton Park Center Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto a vehicle.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Several large tree limbs were reported down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Reports of trees and wires down near Barney Road in Clifton Park.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees were downed in Clifton Park due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2015HailClifton Park Center-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm on Route 146 in Clifton Park.
May 2015Flash FloodClifton Park Center-Heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flash flooding on Barney Road in Clifton Park. Nearly two inches of rain fell in under an hour. As a result of this heavy rainfall, water entered a business on Barney Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds along Route 146 in Clifton Park via Facebook.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A National Weather Service employee estimated a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph in Clifton Park.
September 2012Flash FloodClifton Park Center-Several roads in Clifton Park were reported to have been closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A large tree limb was reported down near Route 146 in Clifton Park due to strong thunderstorm winds.
December 2008Heavy RainClifton Park Center-Heavy rain led to widespread ponding of water across southern and central Saratoga County. This was exacerbated by clogged storm drains, which were blocked by ice.||Areas which suffered from the greatest ponding of water included Clifton Park and Malta.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees and wires were reported down in multiple locations in and near Clifton Park due to strong thunderstorm winds. Some of the reports included trees and wires down near the junction of Routes 146 and 146A in Jonesville, at the intersection of Kinns Road and Twilight Drive, and on Bruno Road.

Every storm recorded in Saratoga County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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
Mohawk Valley Grange Hall1.7 miles2012
Grooms Tavern Complex1.8 miles2000
Nathan Garnsey House2.0 miles2012
School No. 5 "The Little Red Schoolhouse"2.3 miles2025
Smith's Grain and Feed Store2.6 miles2012
Cyrus Rexford House2.9 miles2011

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04001055 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saratoga CountyAll 83 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.