First Methodist Episcopal Church of Walworth

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 3679 Main St., Walworth, 14522
When was it listed? March 2017
Category. building
National Register reference number. 100000814 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

212 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Walworth between 2001 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 54 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	88
Arson/incendiarism	54
Debris and open burning	27
Natural	13
Smoking	11
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
7 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of First Methodist Episcopal Church of Walworth: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 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	Recorded
C.R.Brown No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jansen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Jansen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Palmyra Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wayne County Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walworth, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$50,000	no account filed
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$15,000	no account filed
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$10,000	A trained spotter reported numerous trees and wires down.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$10,000	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$10,000	no account filed
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	West Walworth	$8,000	Law enforcement reported power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Hail	Walworth	$8,000	no account filed
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$8,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$5,000	Numerous trees and wires downed in the Town of Walworth.
May 2013	Hail	Walworth	$5,000	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Walworth	$5,000	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Walworth	$4,000	no account filed
October 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	$1,000	Trees downed blocking road.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	West Walworth	$1,000	Trees were reported down.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walworth	-	Pole downed on car on Route 441 in the Town of Walworth.
May 2019	Hail	Walworth	-	The hail lasted one minute.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Walworth	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

Maps showing this location

6 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.

1900 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1951 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Rochester 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
Ambrose S. Lapham House	2.1 miles	2014
J. and E. Baker Cobblestone Farmstead	2.9 miles	1995
Zion Episcopal Church	4.2 miles	1996
East Main Street Commercial Historic District	4.3 miles	1974
Palmyra Village Historic District	4.3 miles	2009
Market Street Historic District	4.3 miles	1972

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100000814 in Record Group 79.
Wayne County	All 40 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.