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One of 78 National Register listings published here for Ontario County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bristol Center Methodist Episcopal Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 8 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. 4471 NY 64, Bristol, 14424
- When was it listed? October 2022
- Category. building
- Town. Bristol town
- National Register reference number. 100008319 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
69 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Bristol Center Methodist Episcopal Church between 1998 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bristol Center Methodist Episcopal Church: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Bristol Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Town of Bristol Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Amelia Smith Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| B.Case No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| Rubenstein No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| A.Henish Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Lynn Gladding No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bristol, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 hail, 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 2014 | Flood | Bristol | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Bristol | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F1) | South Bristol | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | South Bristol | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $18,000 | A social media post showed a power pole and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $15,000 | A social media post noted a large tree brought down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $15,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds in Bristol. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $15,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | South Bristol | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $15,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $12,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bristol | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | South Bristol | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $2,000 | Tree down and wires down in roadway. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bristol | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $2,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | South Bristol | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | South Bristol | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $500 | Tree downed and partially blocking Oakmount Road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bristol | $500 | Tree downed and blocking roadway. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bristol | $500 | Tree downed on roadway. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | - | Tree downed onto property which caused a meter to be ripped from a home. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Bristol | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
8 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 Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bristol Center quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights of the Maccabees Hall | 3.3 miles | 2013 | |
| George and Addison Wheeler House | 3.4 miles | 2005 | |
 | Wilder Cemetery | 5.2 miles | 2003 |
| Warren-Benham House | 5.3 miles | 2017 | |
| William W. Gorham House | 5.8 miles | 2024 | |
| East Bloomfield Historic District | 6.2 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008319 in Record Group 79. |
| Ontario 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.