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Photograph of Zion Memorial Chapel
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Zion Memorial Chapel

Built in 1983 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Nicholas-on-the-Hudson, is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church building located at 37 Point Street in New Hamburg, New York, United States. It was built in 1902 as a chapel of nearby Zion Church in Wappingers Falls and became a separate parish in 1983.”

Wikipedia article Zion Memorial Chapel (New Hamburg, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · built in 1983, 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. 37 Point St., New Hamburg, 12590
  • When was it listed? February 1987
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. New Hamburg MRA
  • Town. Poughkeepsie town
  • When was it built? 1983
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 87000119 - 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.

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Zion Memorial Chapel, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Zion Memorial Chapel, surveyed 1893

Fires near this property

461 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Zion Memorial Chapel between 1999 and 2020, burning about 648 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined212
Arson/incendiarism77
Smoking47
Natural46
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Zion Memorial Chapel: 20 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024IronPast ProducerLimonite
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024.IronPast Producer
Unnamed Fe MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-016StoneProducerUnknown
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-017StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Cedar Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hj-019ClayProducerClay

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hamburg, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Hamburg-Downed trees along the Metro North Railroad's Hudson Line near New Hamburg forced trains to be delayed, with passengers stranded and waiting for roughly 90 minutes.
August 2011FloodNew Hamburg-Major flooding occurred on the Wappingers Creek. The Wappingers Falls river gage located on left bank 700 feet downstream from Red Oaks Mill dam, and 4.5 miles northeast of village of Wappingers Falls exceeded its 8 foot flood stage at 11:00 am EST August 28th, its 10 foot moderate flood stage at 1:50 pm, its 14 foot major flood stage at 8:47 pm, crested at 15.29 feet at 12:15 am August 29th, and then dropped below flood stage at 1:42 am August 30th.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Hamburg-A southbound train that left Poughkeepsie struck a tree that had fallen due to strong thunderstorm winds on the tracks north of the New Hamburg station.||No injuries were reported, but an air hose on the train became detached.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

14 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
Abraham Brower Houseunder 500 feet1987
Stone Street Historic Districtunder 500 feet1987
Adolph Brower Houseunder 500 feet1987
Shay's Warehouse and Stableunder 500 feet1987
Main Street Historic Districtunder 500 feet1987
William Shay Double Houseunder 500 feet1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000119 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess CountyAll 266 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.