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One of 20 National Register listings published here for Schuyler County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Lawrence Memorial Chapel and Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 2770 State Route 228, Catharine, 14805
- When was it listed? January 2025
- Category. building
- Town. Catharine town
- National Register reference number. 100011344 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1893 to 1992The ground this property stands on, surveyed 99 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
72 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence Memorial Chapel and Cemetery between 1997 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 19 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lawrence Memorial Chapel and Cemetery: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.Hager No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Barber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Barber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pertl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pertl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wickham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catharine, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | $60,000 | Severe straight line winds caused significant damage to a barn and power lines. Trees were also blown down just north of Odessa. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | $4,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | $2,000 | Two large trees were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | $1,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | $1,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on a barn. |
Maps showing this location
11 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.
- 1893 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500 - 13 printings
- 1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000 - 2 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
- 1969 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn | 4.0 miles | 1984 |
 | Montour Falls Union Grammar School | 5.2 miles | 2012 |
 | Brick Tavern Stand | 5.3 miles | 1994 |
 | Montour Falls Historic District | 5.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Lee School | 5.7 miles | 1998 |
 | Watkins Glen High School | 6.4 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011344 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.