Nelson Methodist Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Madison 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. 3333 US 20 E., Cazenovia, 13035
When was it listed? April 2017
Category. building
Town. Nelson town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 100000894 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Nelson Methodist Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2016, burning about 22 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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	19
Arson/incendiarism	7
Debris and open burning	5
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
30 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 June 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 June 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 June 1993	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
13 June 1992	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nelson Methodist Episcopal Church: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 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
Dwight Graham No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Cazenovia Gravel Bed	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cazenovia Ready Mix Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Riedel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cazenovia, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$80,000	A cluster of severe thunderstorms moved across the county during the afternoon. Numerous trees and wires were blown down across the county at approximately 5:55 pm EDT.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$50,000	A cluster of severe thunderstorms moving across the county blew down trees and wires in Cazenovia at 6:30 pm EDT. Damage to a barn and mobile home was sustained in Brookfield by these storms at 6:50 pm EDT.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$50,000	A cluster of severe thunderstorms moved across the county during the afternoon. Trees, wires, and a silo were blown down in Cazenovia and Madison at approximately 3:00 pm. Numerous trees and wires were also blown down in Smithfield Township between 3:10 and 3:20 pm EDT.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Cazenovia	$22,000	Widespread flash flooding of most creeks and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Nelson. Culverts and roads were washed out in several places. Some residences experienced flooding.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees from Cazenovia to Morrisville including Nelson and Erieville.
November 2006	Flash Flood	Cazenovia	$10,000	Road flooding in Cazenovia and Hamilton.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$7,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$5,000	Several trees and powerlines blown down
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$5,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$2,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	$500	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Cazenovia	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Cazenovia	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison County

Maps showing this location

9 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.

1897 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500
1899 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1943 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1944 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich 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
Nelson Welsh Congregational Church	1.5 miles	1993
Abell Farmhouse and Barn	2.8 miles	1987
Dorothy Riester House and Studio	3.0 miles	2014
Maples, The	3.1 miles	1987
Zephnia Comstock Farmhouse	3.2 miles	1987
Crandall Farm Complex	3.5 miles	1987

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100000894 in Record Group 79.
Madison County	All 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.