First Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Spencer in Tioga County, New York. It is a Gothic Revival style, generally rectangular-shaped structure built in 1915.”
Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church (Spencer, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 57 National Register listings published here for Tioga 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 75-77 N. Main St., Spencer, 14883
When was it listed? December 2005
Category. building
Town. Spencer town
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 05001392 - 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

1903 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering First Presbyterian Church, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet covering First Presbyterian Church, surveyed 1903

Fires near this property

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined	46
Debris and open burning	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	2
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
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 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
26 September 2015	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2015	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
18 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 September 2009	Natural	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
E.C.Kesselring No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Spencer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Town of Spencer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this property

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spencer, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2015	Flash Flood	North Spencer	$400,000	Flood water was surrounding a house on Hurlbert Hollow Road. Water was also flowing across County Routes 96 and 34.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Spencer	$150,000	Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding. A bridge on Hulbert Hollow Road in extreme northwest Tioga County in the town of Spencer was washed out. Before the bridge washed out debris piled up against it causing water to back up several feet deep into nearby yards and houses. A house on the corner of Hulbert Hollow Road and Routes 34/96 had several inches of water in the kitchen. The one resident home was evacuated. State Route 34/96 was closed from the village of Spencer to the Tioga and Chemung county line. The Bible Baptist Church and North Spencer Christian Academy had significant damage to the lower level. Up to 67 inches of water was on the floor. 16 bundles of expensive flooring was lost. The flooring was waiting to be installed in the gym. 2 to 4 inches of rain fell.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$30,000	A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Tioga County knocking down trees in Spencer at 3:15 pm and in Candor at 3:25 pm EDT.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	North Spencer	$20,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
September 2018	Flash Flood	North Spencer	$20,000	Flash flooding was occurring over several sections of Route 96. All lanes were closed.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees and wires in Spencer on Route 96.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$10,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$8,000	no account filed
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down power lines in the area.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees along Route 34.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew trees down.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$5,000	Numerous trees were blown down.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	North Spencer	$3,000	Outflow winds from nearby storm knocked down two trees on Ithaca Road. One tree fell on wires.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$3,000	A tree fell onto a house.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$2,000	Trees down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$1,000	A telephone pole was downed.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	$1,000	A large tree was blown down on Route 96 by Halsey Valley Road.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	-	Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	-	Trees were snapped on Route 96 near Halsey Valley Road by thunderstorm winds.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Spencer	-	Several trees were toppled from Spencer and Candor in the northwest part of the county to Owego and Apalachin in the southeast section.
January 1998	Flash Flood	Spencer	-	Another batch of heavy rain lifted northeastward from Pennsylvania and affected New York's southern tier from late afternoon on the 8th until late that evening. Locally, 0.5 to 0.75 inches of rain fell within a 3 to 4 hour period. This was enough to re-aggravate flooding problems. In the town of Spencer, the Owl creek spilled over its banks late in the afternoon with nearly a foot of water covering some adjacent roadways. These roads were reopened late in the evening. Also, route 96 in Candor was closed due to high water conditions for a time in the evening. By midnight, all small streams and creeks were back within their banks.
June 1998	Hail	Spencer	-	A thunderstorm cell became severe briefly over northwestern sections of the county late in the afternoon. Hailstones ranging from nickel to golf ball sized were observed by skywarn spotters in East Spencer.
August 2019	Hail	Spencer	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Spencer	-	no account filed
August 2011	Hail	Spencer	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Spencer	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Spencer	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Spencer	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tioga County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

1903 USGS Owego quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1956 USGS Owego quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Spencer quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Spencer quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Nichols Park	0.3 miles	2021
Halsey Valley Grand Army of the Republic Meeting Hall	5.7 miles	2003
John W. McCarty House	7.9 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 05001392 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tioga County	All 57 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.