First Baptist Church of Ogdensburg Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for St. Lawrence County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 617 State St., Ogdensburg, 13669
When was it listed? May 2018
Category. building
City. Ogdensburg city
National Register reference number. 100002466 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1904 to 1948

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering First Baptist Church of Ogdensburg Complex, surveyed 1948

Topographic sheet covering First Baptist Church of Ogdensburg Complex, surveyed 1904

Fires near this property

69 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of First Baptist Church of Ogdensburg Complex between 2001 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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	34
Arson/incendiarism	25
Natural	4
Smoking	3
Debris and open burning	2
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
18 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 August 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
31 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
10 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of First Baptist Church of Ogdensburg Complex: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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
Ogdensburg Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Howard's Quarry	Dolomite	Past Producer
Howard's Quarry	Dolomite	Past Producer
Mc Conville Inc. Quarry	Dolomite	Past Producer	1885
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Unnamed Dolomite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Ogdenburg Stone and Asphalt, Inc.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Ogdensburg Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this property

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogdensburg, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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
October 2010	Flood	Ogdensburg	$150,000	Heavy rain produced flooding in Canton, Ogdensburg, and Potsdam. In Canton, New York State 11 was closed between Routes 310 and 68 by high water. Thirty five to forty homes in Ogdensburg had basement flooding, and there were multiple reports of city street flooding. In Potsdam water inundated the first floor of a home, and there was extensive flooding of streets, yards, and basements.
September 2010	Flood	Ogdensburg	$150,000	Heavy rain produced flooding in Canton, Ogdensburg, and Potsdam. In Canton, New York State 11 was closed between Routes 310 and 68 by high water. Thirty five to forty homes in Ogdensburg had basement flooding, and there were multiple reports of city street flooding. In Potsdam water inundated the first floor of a home, and there was extensive flooding of streets, yards, and basements.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$50,000	Trees and Powerlines down throughout Ogdensburg and Route 37 closed to Waddington.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$50,000	Multiple full grown maple trees uprooted with damage to vehicles and some small structures on Elizabeth, Hamilton, Caroline, Franklin, State, Morris and Washington streets.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$40,000	no account filed
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$25,000	Numerous trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds, as well as a few structures receiving minor damage.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$20,000	Numerous trees, tree limbs downed and utility pole snapped.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$20,000	Several trees down across the area as well as a 100 foot pine tree across a truck.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$20,000	no account filed
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$15,000	Trees and fence blown down in yard and a heavily damaged.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$10,000	Several large trees and power lines down as well as measured wind gust of 59 mph.
August 1997	Hail	Ogdensburg	$10,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in addition to the hail.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$5,000	no account filed
March 2000	Lightning	Ogdensburg	$5,000	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	$5,000	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Ogdensburg	$1,000	no account filed
September 2013	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	Nickel to quarter size hail reported.
July 2010	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	Several reports of nickel to quarter to slightly larger size diameter hail reported in and near Ogdensburg.
June 2009	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	Nickel size hail reported in Ogdensburg.
June 2009	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	Additional reports of nickel size hail in and around Ogdensburg.
July 2008	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	Nickel to quarter size hail reported in Ogdensburg.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ogdensburg	-	Thunderstorm winds, accompanied by large hail, downed several large branches.
July 2003	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Ogdensburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence 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.

1904 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:62500
1905 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1943 USGS Ogdensburg East quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Ogdensburg East quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1985 USGS Ogdensburg 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
Judge John Fine House	0.2 miles	1986
Oswegatchie Pumping Station	0.2 miles	1990
Acker and Evans Law Office	0.3 miles	1983
New York State Armory	0.3 miles	1976
Remington Art Museum	0.3 miles	1982
Ogdensburg Armory	0.4 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100002466 in Record Group 79.
St. Lawrence 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.