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One of 78 National Register listings published here for Delaware County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
United Presbyterian Church of Davenport
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1909.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 15673 & 15705 NY 23, Davenport, 13750
- When was it listed? July 2017
- Category. building
- Town. Davenport town
- National Register reference number. 100001360 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of United Presbyterian Church of Davenport between 1992 and 2017, burning about 55 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of United Presbyterian Church of Davenport: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillis Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davenport, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 | Tornado (F0) | Davenport | $150,000 | A supercell thunderstorm briefly became tornadic as it crossed northern portions of the county late in the afternoon. The tornado cut a discontinuous 3 mile path from Davenport township northeastward through Butts Corners to Fergusonville between 4:45 and 4:55 pm EDT. The twister appeared to skip across mainly hilltop sections. Large trees were twisted and snapped off on ridge tops with tree damage mainly confined to canopy level at somewhat lower elevations. In Butts Corners, several homes near the path of the tornado sustained siding and roof damage. The tornado appeared to lift back into the cloud base just north of route 9 in Fergusonville. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | West Davenport | $80,000 | Widespread flooding occurred on small streams, creeks and roads in the Town of Meredith. Jackson Hill Rd., and Palmer Hill Rd. were the hardest hit areas with shoulder and culvert washouts. |
| December 2020 | Flash Flood | Davenport | $50,000 | Flash flooding was entering a house on State Route 23. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Davenport | $35,000 | Part of the same thunderstorm cluster that caused wind damage just across the county line in southern Otsego county also produced severe weather in northern Delaware county. Trees and power lines were downed in Davenport and a skywarn spotter also observed hailstones to an inch and a quarter in diameter just after 9 pm EDT. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires onto State Route 23. |
| August 2020 | Lightning | Davenport | $5,000 | A lightning strike from a thunderstorm struck a car and resulted in a house fire. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds brought down high tension power lines on State Route 23. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | $5,000 | Trees down. One tree fell on a car. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Davenport | $4,000 | High winds tore the roof off a local gun shop on Route 23. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | $2,000 | Trees were blown down and a hay wagon was blown over. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Davenport | $2,000 | Thunderstorms winds downed the top of a maple tree onto State Route 23. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the roadway. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | - | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| March 2002 | Flash Flood | Davenport | - | The Charlotte Creek in the town of Davenport was out of its banks flooding county route 11. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davenport | - | Trees and a few wires were downed by thunderstorm gusts. |
| August 2023 | Hail | West Davenport | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Davenport | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Davenport | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Davenport | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Davenport | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Davenport | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Davenport | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited 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 Davenport quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Davenport 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 Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | West Kortright Presbyterian Church | 4.7 miles | 2002 |
 | McArthur-Martin Hexadecagon Barn | 7.6 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001360 in Record Group 79. |
| 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.