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One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
First Congregational Church of Fairport
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 26 E Church St., Fairport, 14450
- When was it listed? August 2018
- Category. building
- Town. Perinton town
- Architect. John Rochester Thomas
- National Register reference number. 100002835 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
482 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 482 fires within 5 miles of First Congregational Church of Fairport between 2001 and 2020, burning about 302 acres in total. 36 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 | 255 |
| Smoking | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of First Congregational Church of Fairport: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mendon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mendon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pittsford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pittsford Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Redman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Redman Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairport, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fairport | $35,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Fairport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Crystal Spring Lane. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported to be down at Golf Avenue and Marsh Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $500 | A tree was downed on Golf Avenue near the intersection of Marsh Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $500 | A tree was down in a yard on South Lincoln Road. |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1900 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry DeLand House | 0.1 miles | 1980 |
 | First Baptist Church of Fairport | 0.2 miles | 2006 |
 | Wilbur House | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | Fairport Public Library | 0.3 miles | 2017 |
| Martin & Andrew Sperbeck House | 0.3 miles | 2022 | |
| Potter Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2017 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002835 in Record Group 79. |
| Monroe County | All 233 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.