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Photograph of Mendon Presbyterian Church
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Mendon Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Mendon Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Mendon in Monroe County, New York.”

Wikipedia article Mendon Presbyterian Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe 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. 3886 Rush-Mendon Rd., Mendon, 14506
  • When was it listed? December 2005
  • Category. building
  • Town. Mendon town
  • National Register reference number. 05001455 - 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

1895 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Mendon Presbyterian Church, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Mendon Presbyterian Church, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

188 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Mendon Presbyterian Church between 2001 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined92
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism25
Smoking13
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Mendon Presbyterian Church: 9 producers, 5 past producers. 9 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
E.Darby No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Cork Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deer Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deer Run PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Genesee Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gp-3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Malone Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Malune Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mccarthy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pittsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this property

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mendon, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
June 2019Flash FloodMendon$40,000Several roads flooded in Mendon with cars under water.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindMendon$25,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMendon$20,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMendon$14,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMendon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMendon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 1998HailMendon$8,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMendon$2,000Multiple trees downed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMendon$1,000Powerlines downed on West Bloomfield Rd.

Every storm recorded in Monroe County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Mendon Cobblestone Academy0.3 miles1996
Sheldon Cobblestone House0.3 miles1996
Miller-Horton-Barben Farm1.1 miles2015
Cole Cobblestone Farmhouse1.1 miles1996
Whitcomb Cobblestone Farmhouse1.4 miles1996
Stewart Cobblestone Farmhouse3.4 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05001455 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Monroe CountyAll 233 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.