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Photograph of Stillwater United Church
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Stillwater United Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Stillwater United Church, formerly known as Second Baptist Church, is a historic church at 135 Hudson Avenue in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York. It has a rectangular, gable roofed sanctuary above a raised basement of cut limestone blocks in an early Romanesque or Northern Italianate style.”

Wikipedia article Stillwater United Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Saratoga 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 listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 135 Hudson Ave., Stillwater, 12170
  • When was it listed? September 2006
  • Category. building
  • Town. Stillwater town
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • Architect. Marcus F. Cummings
  • National Register reference number. 06000887 - 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

243 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Stillwater United Church between 1993 and 2020, burning about 208 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined137
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural24
Debris and open burning23
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2002Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Saratoga 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 Stillwater United Church: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayProducer
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayPast Producer
Mechcanicville Clay PitClayProducer
Burrello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
G. Fannucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this property

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stillwater, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
August 2003Flash FloodStillwater$50,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindStillwater$42,000no account filed
January 1999Flash FloodStillwater$40,000no account filed
July 2001Heavy RainStillwater$25,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindStillwater$21,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindStillwater$10,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStillwater$10,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindStillwater$10,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindStillwater$9,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindStillwater$6,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindStillwater$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindStillwater$5,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindStillwater$4,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindStillwater$2,000no account filed
June 2025FloodStillwater-The Department of Highways reported flooding on US Route 4 going both directions near Mitchell Road in Mechanicville via NY Alert. Southbound lanes were closed, while northbound lanes remained open.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A local 911 call center reported a tree down on wires near Stillwater.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Four trees were downed on Route 75, Hudson Avenue, Flick Road and Ten Broeck Street.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Power lines were reported down in Stillwater as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A tree was reported down and on wires as a result of thunderstorm winds in Stillwater.
September 2011FloodStillwater-Route 4 in Stillwater was closed due to flooding between Route 32 and Gen Schuyler Lane.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A tree was reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds and partially covered a roadway approximately 4 miles north northeast of Mechanicville.
November 2008Heavy RainStillwater-A brief period of heavy rain led to significant ponding of water on a road in Stillwater.
June 2007HailStillwater-Penny size hail was reported in Stillwater.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Trees were reported down in Stillwater at the intersection of Route 9P and County Route 76 due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Two trees were reported down, one in Malta, and the other in Stillwater, as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2004HailStillwater-Hail 2 to 3 inches deep on Blizzard Road.
June 2002HailStillwater-no account filed
August 2002LightningStillwater-no account filed
May 2000HailStillwater-no account filed
August 2000HailStillwater-no account filed
April 1994HailStillwater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saratoga County

Maps showing this location

14 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
Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth Monument and Grave3.4 miles1976
Saratoga National Historical Park7.0 miles1966
Round Lake Auditorium7.1 miles1975
Davis-Ferris Organ7.1 miles
Davis-Ferris Organ7.1 miles
Dunning Street Cemetery7.5 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000887 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saratoga CountyAll 83 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.