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Christ Episcopal Church

Built in 1860 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.

From the record

“Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Belvidere, Allegany County, New York. The Gothic Revival style frame church was built in 1860 and features Carpenter Gothic elements.”

Wikipedia article Christ Episcopal Church (Belvidere, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Allegany County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · built in 1860, Gothic Revival.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Gibson Hill Rd., SW of Rtes. 19 and 408, Belvidere, 14813
  • When was it listed? May 1974
  • Category. building
  • Town. Friendship town
  • When was it built? 1860
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 74001218 - 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

41 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Christ Episcopal Church between 1999 and 2017, burning about 95 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning12
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 June 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 246 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 246 specimens collected within 10 miles of Christ Episcopal Church between 1877 and 1974: 204 Animalia, 21 Plantae, 16 Fungi, 3 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Latta, Arnold, C. P., Arnold, Charles P. 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 Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.1877Ch. H. PeckSummit
Specimen of Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) CordaCalypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda1887Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
Specimen of Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb.Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb.1887Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
A photograph of the species Sphacelotheca hydropiperis, not of this specimenSphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary1877Peck Ch. H.Summit
A photograph of the species Clavaria fusiformis, not of this specimenClavaria fusiformis Sowerby1885not recordedPeat Moss, Brookton
A photograph of the species Usnea Dill., not of this specimenUsnea Dill. ex Adans., 17631888De Alton SaundersVandermark Creek
Specimen of Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.1889Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
A photograph of the species Carex interior, not of this specimenCarex interior L.H.Bailey1896G. T. HastingsSummit
A photograph of the species Cyanocitta cristata, not of this specimenCyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1896F. S. WrightNEW YORK: Allegany County; Angelica
A photograph of the species Glyceria striata, not of this specimenGlyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc.1896G. T. HastingsSummit.
A photograph of the species Chordeiles minor, not of this specimenChordeiles minor (J.R.Forster, 1771)1898Harry WilberScio
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898C.F. StoneFriendship

All 246 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belvidere, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBelvidere$20,000no account filed
July 2018Flash FloodBelvidere$5,000Several roads closed with water and debris in the Town of Belfast, and Route 41 closed south of the Town of Belfast with debris over the road.

Every storm recorded in Allegany County

Maps showing this location

8 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
Belmont Grange #12432.6 miles2006
Belmont Literary and Historical Society Free Library2.9 miles2003
Belvidere2.9 miles1972
Belmont Hotel3.0 miles2001
Friendship Free Library4.3 miles2008
Wellman House4.5 miles1974

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001218 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Allegany CountyAll 34 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.
  • 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.