First Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1909.

From the record

“First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Delhi in Delaware County, New York. It is a large wood-frame building on a cut stone foundation designed by Isaac G.”
Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church (Delhi, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Delaware County · listed in 2006 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Clinton St., Delhi, 13753
When was it listed? February 2006
Category. building
Town. Delhi town
National Register reference number. 05001616 - 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

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church between 1995 and 2016, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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	28
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	1
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
28 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 August 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 June 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 May 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 May 2015	Misuse of fire by a minor	4.8 acres	New York Forest Rangers	BELL HILL FIRE
28 May 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	3.8 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 May 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 May 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 First Presbyterian Church: 2 producers. All of them 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Adair Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Kortright Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this property

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delhi, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2006	Flood	Delhi	$5,000,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Delhi	$50,000	no account filed
August 2024	Flash Flood	Delhi	$40,000	A house was flooded to the first floor in Delhi.
May 2013	Flash Flood	East Delhi	$40,000	Flood waters were rushing down the hillsides and across much of Route 10 from Delhi to Bloomville.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$12,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over numerous trees and power lines.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires in the Delhi area.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Delhi	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees and wires in the Village of Delhi.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires in the Delhi area.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and wires.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$10,000	Trees were blown down on a house.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$5,000	Trees were blown down.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$5,000	Trees down countywide.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$5,000	no account filed
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$3,000	Numerous trees were blown down all over town.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$3,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$3,000	no account filed
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$2,000	Trees were blown down in Delhi.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$2,000	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on State Highway 10 in Delhi.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$1,000	Twelve inch diameter trees were blown down.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$1,000	Trees down.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
January 2018	Flood	Delhi	-	An ice jam was reported on the West Branch Delaware River behind the county courthouse. Minor flooding of low lands along the river occurred, but no significant impacts.
May 2012	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Delhi	-	no account filed
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Delhi	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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.

1909 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:62500
1911 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1943 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir 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
US Post Office-Delhi	0.3 miles	1988
Delaware County Courthouse Square District	0.4 miles	1973
St. John's Church Complex	0.4 miles	1995
Murray Hill	0.9 miles	1982
Sherwood Family Estate	1.0 miles	2002
Judge Gideon Frisbee House	2.3 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 05001616 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Delaware County	All 78 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.