BlockFrom the record
One of 128 National Register listings published here for Rensselaer County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Tomhannock Methodist Episcopal Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Tomhannock Rd., Pittstown, 12185
- When was it listed? May 2014
- Category. building
- Town. Pittstown town
- National Register reference number. 14000262 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
197 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Tomhannock Methodist Episcopal Church between 1997 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 31 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 | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 16 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tomhannock Methodist Episcopal Church: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrello Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East of Tomhannock Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Melrose Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Melrose Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| North of Melrose Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| West of Tomhannock Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittstown, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Pittstown | $300,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Pittstown | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Pittstown | - | A local 911 call center operator reported a tree down on Gifford Rd. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Pittstown | - | Around 1 inch hail fell in Pittstown. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Trees were downed in the Pittstown area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Pittstown | - | A tree was downed on Route 67. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Tree downed near Croll Road and County Route 111. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Pittstown | - | Tamarac Road was closed with water running over the road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Two trees were downed in Pittstown due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds in Valley Falls. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Pittstown due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | A tree was reported down and on a car due to thunderstorm winds in Pittstown. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Pittstown | - | Multiple roads were reported to be washed out in Pittstown due to flash flooding. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Pittstown due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Pittstown | - | Six to twelve trees were reported down across County Road 110 in Johnsonville due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Pittstown due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittstown | - | Trees and wires were blown down on Route 93. |
Maps showing this location
14 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 Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tomhannock quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams-Myers-Bryan Farmstead | 1.8 miles | 2013 | |
| Howard-Odmin-Sherman Farmstead | 1.8 miles | 2014 | |
| Sherman Farm | 2.1 miles | 2003 | |
| Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead | 2.3 miles | 2013 | |
 | Valley Falls Historic District | 2.3 miles | 2018 |
| Thomas-Wiley-Abbott Farmstead | 2.3 miles | 2012 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000262 in Record Group 79. |
| Rensselaer County | All 128 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.