Niskayuna Reformed Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Niskayuna Reformed Church is a historic Dutch Reformed church located at 3041 Troy-Schenectady Road in Niskayuna in Schenectady County, New York. It was built in 1852 and is a brick, gable-roofed building in the Greek Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Niskayuna Reformed Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 87 National Register listings published here for Schenectady County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. 3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd., Niskayuna, 12309
When was it listed? April 1979
Category. building
Town. Niskayuna town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 79001628 - 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

792 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 792 fires within 5 miles of Niskayuna Reformed Church between 1999 and 2020, burning about 913 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 130 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	453
Arson/incendiarism	130
Smoking	73
Natural	39
Debris and open burning	36
Equipment and vehicle use	29
Misuse of fire by a minor	19
Power generation/transmission/distribution	12
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
9 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
9 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Niskayuna Reformed Church: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Fort Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Fort Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Niskayuna Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Niskayuna Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Pollock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pollock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Verdun Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Verdun Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Schenectady County

Storms near this property

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Niskayuna, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flood, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	$20,000	no account filed
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	$19,000	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	$10,000	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	$8,000	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Niskayuna	$7,000	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Niskayuna	$5,000	no account filed
March 2026	Flood	Niskayuna	$3,500	NWS Albany Meteorologists contacted the Schenectady County Warning Point to seek more information about flooding from an ice jam that had been reported on by a local news team. The warning point relayed that Rosendale Road was closed between Mohawk Road and Niskayuna Road due to the same ice jam.
August 2015	Lightning	Niskayuna	$2,000	A tree along Troy-Schenectady Road (New York State Route 7) in Niskayuna was struck by lightning. As a result, the tree fell and downed power lines as well. The road was temporarily closed due to the downed tree and wires.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Large trees were uprooted and snapped at the corner of Ashtree Lane and Catalpa Court.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Trees and wires were downed on Riverview Road.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Tree was down blocking the road.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Small trees were reportedly downed by thunderstorm winds two miles west-southwest of Niskayuna.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Niskayuna	-	Thunderstorm heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in Niskayuna. Fire department crews rescued two people trapped in a vehicle surrounded by high water on Merlin Drive in Niskayuna.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Multiple trees were reported down on Vly Road in Niskayuna as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	A member of the public reported a 40 foot tree down on Pinecrest Drive in Niskayuna as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2012	Hail	Niskayuna	-	Quarter size (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Niskayuna.
May 2012	Hail	Niskayuna	-	Quarter size (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Niskayuna.
March 2011	Flood	Niskayuna	-	Several homes were flooded along Rosendale Road and Forts Ferry Road in Niskayuna along the Mohawk River due to an ice jam.
June 2011	Hail	Niskayuna	-	Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Niskayuna.
July 2007	Hail	Niskayuna	-	Penny size hail was reported in Niskayuna.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Trees were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Niskayuna.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Trees down
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Niskayuna	-	Trees down.
August 2002	Hail	Niskayuna	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Niskayuna	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schenectady County

Maps showing this location

16 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.

1893 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1930 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1947 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Niskayuna quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1954 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
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 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Niskayuna Railroad Station	0.5 miles	2007
Rosendale Common School	2.1 miles	2010
George Westinghouse Jones House	3.0 miles	2004
Brandywine Avenue School	5.0 miles	1999
Elmer Avenue School	5.1 miles	2022
General Electric Research Laboratory	5.2 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 79001628 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Schenectady County	All 87 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.