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Photograph of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon
Photograph by Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon, also known as Avon United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Avon in Livingston County, New York. It was designed by Rochester architect James Goold Cutler and built in 1879.”

Wikipedia article First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 2005 · 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. 130 Genesee St., Avon, 14414
  • When was it listed? March 2005
  • Category. building
  • Town. Avon town
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 05000165 - 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

119 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon between 2000 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning18
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Avon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halpin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halpin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this property

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avon, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. 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
January 1999Heavy SnowAvon$75,000no account filed
July 2004LightningAvon$50,000no account filed
July 2014Flash FloodAvon$35,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAvon$20,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Avon. Trees damaged several parked cars.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAvon$20,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindAvon$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindAvon$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAvon$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindAvon$15,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindAvon$10,000Trees, powerlines, and power poles downed.
November 2017FloodSouth Avon$10,000Genesee River at Avon crested at 33.85 feet at 7:30 AM on the 6th (Flood Stage is 33 feet).
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAvon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAvon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAvon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAvon$10,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAvon$10,000Thunderstorms developed in a moist, unstable atmosphere and produced damaging winds and large hail. The winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages resulted. The torrential rains of the thunderstorms resulted in localized poor drainage flooding.
April 2017FloodAvon$10,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAvon$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAvon$8,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAvon$5,000Multiple reports of trees down received in the Village of Avon.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAvon$5,000A tree was reported down onto a trailer.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAvon$5,000no account filed
July 1994HailAvon$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Avon$2,000Trees and wires downed making road impassable.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAvon$2,000Power lines were downed in the village of Avon, including at North Avenue and Main Street.
July 1995HailAvon$2,000Thunderstorms developed in a moist, unstable atmosphere and produced damaging winds and large hail. The winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages resulted. The torrential rains of the thunderstorms resulted in localized poor drainage flooding.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Avon$1,000Wires downed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAvon$1,000Power lines downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAvon$1,000A tree was reported down and on fire from the electrical wires it took down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindAvon-Large tree downed on a house.
June 2025Flash FloodAvon-Report of Wadsworth Ave closed with water flowing over the road. Possible road damage also reported.
October 2021FloodAvon-Minor flooding was reported along the Genesee River at Avon. The river peaked at 34.4 feet.
April 2025HailAvon-no account filed
April 2025HailAvon-no account filed
April 2025HailEast Avon-no account filed
April 2025HailAvon-no account filed
April 2025HailAvon-no account filed
June 2025Heavy RainAvon-no account filed
June 2025Heavy RainAvon-no account filed
August 2019HailEast Avon-no account filed
August 2019HailEast Avon-no account filed
June 2018HailAvon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston County

Maps showing this location

10 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
Aaron Barber Memorial Buildingunder 500 feet2008
Avon Village Historic District0.1 miles2022
Hall's Opera Block0.1 miles2006
Avon Inn0.2 miles1991
J. Francis Kellogg House0.3 miles2003
Avon Five Arch Bridge1.2 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000165 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Livingston CountyAll 92 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.