First Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“The First Presbyterian Church in Batavia, New York, United States, is located at East Main and Liberty streets. It is a joined complex of several buildings.”
Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church (Batavia, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Genesee 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 300 E. Main St., Batavia, 14020
When was it listed? December 2004
Category. building
City. Batavia city
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 04001339 - 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

190 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church between 2000 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 17 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	97
Natural	29
Smoking	22
Arson/incendiarism	17
Debris and open burning	16
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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
9 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2014	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2007	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Leroy Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Stafford Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Batavia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Batavia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Batavia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Batavia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Creek Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Creek Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Van Buren Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Van Buren Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Batavia, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 8 flood, 4 flash flood. The reports record 4 deaths. 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
September 1993	Tornado (F1)	Batavia	2 killed, $500,000	A tornado touched down in a corn field in Batavia and moved northeast. The tornado tore the roof off a home and destroyed the attached garage. The roof was carried about 0.25 mile. As the tornado crossed Route 5, it lifted a delivery van into the air and dropped it onto an oncoming tractor trailer. Both drivers were killed instantly. The tornado continued moving northeast, briefly lifting over a field. At its second touchdown, the tornado uprooted several trees in a circular fashion. It then uprooted several more large trees which fell onto a house. As scattered path of damage continued northeast where additional damage occurred to a house and barn. Telephone poles were also snapped along the damage path. (M41V) (M47V)
August 2016	Lightning	Batavia	2 killed	no account filed
June 1998	Flash Flood	Batavia	$500,000	no account filed
March 2007	Flood	Batavia	$125,000	no account filed
November 2014	Flood	Batavia	$100,000	no account filed
July 2012	Flash Flood	Batavia	$100,000	no account filed
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$100,000	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Batavia	$60,000	no account filed
December 2008	Flood	Batavia	$50,000	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Batavia	$50,000	no account filed
June 1996	Flash Flood	Batavia	$40,000	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$35,000	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$25,000	no account filed
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$20,000	Law enforcement reported several trees down across the City of Batavia.
December 2013	Flood	Batavia	$20,000	Tonawanda Creek at Batavia crested at 11.95 feet at 18:00 EST on 12/22/2013. Flood Stage is 9 feet.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$20,000	Law enforcement reported numerous trees down.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$20,000	Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$20,000	no account filed
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees on South River Street.
July 2017	Flood	Batavia	$15,000	no account filed
February 2009	Flood	Batavia	$15,000	no account filed
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$15,000	no account filed
September 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$15,000	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$15,000	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Batavia	$15,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$15,000	no account filed
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$12,000	Law enforcement reported trees down in the Town of Batavia.
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$12,000	no account filed
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$10,000	Trees were reported down with roof damage to another barn.
November 2017	Flood	Batavia	$10,000	Tonawanda Creek at Batavia crested at 11.23 feet at 9:00 PM on the 6th (Flood Stage is 9 feet).
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed number trees and wires.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed number trees and wires.
March 2009	Flood	Batavia	$10,000	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Batavia	$10,000	no account filed
November 2005	Hail	Batavia	$10,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$10,000	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Batavia	$10,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Batavia	$7,000	no account filed
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$5,000	no account filed
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Batavia	$2,000	Trees and wires down with over 1,000 customers without power from Pembroke to Batavia.
July 2024	Tornado (EF0)	West Batavia	-	EF-0 tornado confirmed by NWS Storm Survey in the Town of Darien and Town of Alexander. Maximum winds were 75 mph. Path length was 1 mile. Maximum width was 50 yards.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Batavia	-	Route 63 (Ellicott St) flooded in both directions.
November 2003	Hail	Batavia	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

1904 USGS Batavia quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1950 USGS Batavia quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Batavia South quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Buffalo 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
Richmond Memorial Library	0.1 miles	1974
Batavia Club	0.1 miles	1973
Newberry Building	0.2 miles	2017
Saint James' Episcopal Church	0.2 miles	2004
Genesee County Courthouse Historic District	0.4 miles	1982
Genesee County Courthouse	0.4 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 04001339 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Genesee County	All 27 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.