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United Methodist Church

Built in 1889 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Patchogue United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church at the southwest corner of South Ocean Avenue and Church Street in Patchogue, New York. The official address is 10 Church Street.”

Wikipedia article United Methodist Church (Patchogue, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1889, Romanesque Revival architecture, by Oscar Teale.

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. S. Ocean Ave. and Church St., Patchogue, 11772
  • When was it listed? April 1984
  • Category. building
  • Town. Brookhaven town
  • When was it built? 1889
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • Architect. Oscar Teale
  • National Register reference number. 84003006 - 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

1,455 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,455 fires within 5 miles of United Methodist Church between 1993 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 208 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/undetermined1071
Arson/incendiarism208
Natural50
Smoking39
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Fireworks7
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patchogue, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
November 2020Thunderstorm WindPatchogue$4,000Trees snapped and uprooted on Ocean Avenue.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPatchogue$2,000Several large tree limbs were reported down in Southern Patchogue between Cedar and West Avenues to the east and west, and Amity and Laurel Streets north and south.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPatchogue$1,000Suffolk County PD report a fallen tree.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Patchogue$1,000Power lines were reported down on Mulford Street in North Patchogue.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPatchogue$900Downed wires were reported in Patchogue.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPatchogue$750Large tree limbs were reported down on Cedar Avenue in Patchogue.
September 2016Flash FloodPatchogue-Flooding closed the intersection of Carman Street and Bay Avenue in Patchogue.
August 2011HailPatchogue-Quarter size hail was reported along Cedar Avenue in Patchogue.
July 2007Flash FloodPatchogue-Significant street flooding was reported.
July 2008HailPatchogue-no account filed
September 1998HailEast Patchogue-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPatchogue-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suffolk 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.

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
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Complex0.5 miles1995
US Post Office-Patchogue0.7 miles1989
Swan River Schoolhouse0.7 miles2017
Congregational Church of Patchogue0.8 miles1993
Union Savings Bank0.9 miles2010
Smith-Rourke House1.2 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84003006 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Suffolk CountyAll 338 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.
  • 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.