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One of 20 National Register listings published here for Schuyler County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
First Presbyterian Church of Watkins Glen
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 520 North Decatur St., Watkins Glen, 14891
- When was it listed? December 2019
- Category. building
- Town. Dix town
- National Register reference number. 100004801 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1898 to 1992The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church of Watkins Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church of Watkins Glen: 15 past producers, 4 producers, 3 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Natural Gas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Watkins Glen Well and Refinery | Bromine | Plant | Brine | |
| G.G.Hill Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| Barber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Barber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beavers Dam Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Beavers Dam Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dunhams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lovers Lane Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Padua Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watkins Glen, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Lightning | Watkins Glen | 2 hurt | A thunderstorm caused a lightning strike to hit the Cayuga Loop campground, resulting in two minor injuries to campers. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Watkins Glen | $2,600,000 | Numerous roads were flooded in the region. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Watkins Glen | $25,000 | 1.5 inch hail. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Watkins Glen | $12,000 | Flooding was reported at the salt processing plant along Route 30. Several other roads were closed due to flooding in the area. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines on County Route 28. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Watkins Glen | $10,000 | Flash flooding spilled across several streets in the Village of Watkins Glen and nearby county roads. There was a report of 2 feet of water in one intersection. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $10,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked down around Watkins Glen. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires along the east side of Seneca Lake. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $5,000 | Numerous trees and poles were blown down in the Village of Watkins Glen. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $5,000 | Straight line wind damage was evident near a home just west of Watkins Glen. A roof was partially torn off a shed. A small chicken coup was moved off its foundation by almost a foot. There were also several branches down in the storm damage area. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $3,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree on a house on College Ave. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $1,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down. Damage was also reported in the town of Catherine. A power pole was also blown down in Hector. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | - | Large tree branches were broken. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | - | Trees were blown down across a road. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Watkins Glen | - | Nickel sized hail fell. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watkins Glen | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole and brought wires down. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Watkins Glen | - | no account filed |
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.
- 1898 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Watkins quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
- 1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Burdett quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Baptist Church of Watkins Glen | under 500 feet | 2001 |
 | US Post Office-Watkins Glen | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
 | St. James Episcopal Church | 0.1 miles | 2012 |
 | Watkins Glen High School | 0.2 miles | 2015 |
 | A. F. Chapman House | 0.2 miles | 1997 |
 | Schuyler County Courthouse Complex | 0.2 miles | 1974 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004801 in Record Group 79. |
| Schuyler County | All 20 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.