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Photograph of Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located in New Scotland in Albany County, New York. The church was built in 1849 and extended in 1868.”

Wikipedia article Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 234 National Register listings published here for Albany County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2010 New Scotland Rd and 478 New Scotland Rd S., New Scotland, 12159
  • When was it listed? August 2010
  • Category. building
  • Town. New Scotland town
  • National Register reference number. 10000592 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

356 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery between 2000 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined219
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural18
Smoking17
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 4,665 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,665 specimens collected within 10 miles of Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery between 1760 and 1975: 2,511 Animalia, 1,426 Fungi, 668 Plantae, 26 Unrecorded, 19 Chromista, 13 Protozoa, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
Specimen of Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.1900unknownAltamont
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
A photograph of the species Utricularia gibba, not of this specimenUtricularia gibba L.1828J. HallGreenbush
A photograph of the species Peziza acetabulum, not of this specimenPeziza acetabulum L.1829H.H. EatonAlbany
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
A photograph of the species Bidens tripartita, not of this specimenBidens tripartita L.1830Collector unspecifiedAlbany
A photograph of the species Spiranthes lacera, not of this specimenSpiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.1834Herb. (Jas.) MacnabAlbany
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1837A. ClappN. Albany.
A photograph of the species Stylosanthes Sw., not of this specimenStylosanthes Sw.1837Clapp, A.New Albany.

All 4,665 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
New Salem DepositSulfurOccurrence
James H. Malloy, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James H. Maloy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this property

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Scotland, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 12 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland$6,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland$3,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland$3,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland$2,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland$1,500no account filed
October 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland-Route 85 between Bullock Rd and Swift Rd was closed due to downed trees and wires.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland-A tree was downed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland-Trees and wires were downed due to thunderstorm winds in New Scotland.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland-Trees and wires were downed on Bullock Road in Voorheesville due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012HailNew Scotland-Quarter sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in the Town of New Scotland, just to south of the village of Voorheesville.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland-Numerous trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in New Scotland.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Scotland-A tree was reported down at the New Scotland Town Hall Building in New Scotland due to strong thunderstorm winds.||In addition, New Scotland Road, or Route 85, was closed between Fisher Boulevard and Caldwell Boulevard in Slingerlands due to fallen power lines.

Every storm recorded in Albany County

Maps showing this location

14 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
LeGrange Farmstead1.9 miles2005
Slingerlands Historic District2.1 miles2012
House at 698 Kenwood Avenue2.2 miles2012
Albert Slingerlands House2.5 miles1997
Van Derheyden House2.5 miles2001
Patterson Farmhouse3.6 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000592 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Albany CountyAll 234 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.