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One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Third Methodist Episcopal Church of Sodus
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 56-58 West Main Street, Sodus, 14551
- When was it listed? October 2024
- Category. building
- Town. Sodus town
- National Register reference number. 100009875 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
160 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Third Methodist Episcopal Church of Sodus between 2000 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | 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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | 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 Third Methodist Episcopal Church of Sodus: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon Creek | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sodus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sodus Quarry and Plant | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Beckens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 7 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sodus, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy snow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Heavy Snow | Sodus | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $28,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sodus | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds at Route 88 and Snyder Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Sodus. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sodus | $8,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $5,000 | Several trees and wires downed in the Town of Sodus. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sodus | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees downed in Sodus. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in Sodus. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees were downed. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported downed. |
| June 2023 | Flood | Sodus | - | Water was flowing across the roadway. |
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.
- 1899 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wallington Cobblestone Schoolhouse District No. 8 | 2.8 miles | 1994 |
 | Walling Cobblestone Tavern | 2.9 miles | 1994 |
 | Preston-Gaylord Cobblestone Farmhouse | 3.0 miles | 2009 |
 | Red Brick Church | 3.7 miles | 1997 |
| Customs House | 4.2 miles | 1980 | |
 | LOTUS (schooner) | 4.3 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009875 in Record Group 79. |
| Wayne County | All 40 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.