Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, also known as United Church of Fayette, is a historic Evangelical and Reformed church located at Fayette in Seneca County, New York. It was constructed in 1823 in a simple rectangular form with gable roof and modest Federal period detailing.”
Wikipedia article Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Seneca County · listed in 1989 · 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 3 objectss, 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. Main St., Fayette, 13148
When was it listed? December 1989
Category. building
Town. Fayette town
Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 89002092 - 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

50 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church between 2000 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Debris and open burning	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
20 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 August 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
7 August 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Seneca Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Seneca Quarry and Plant	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this property

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayette, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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
August 2014	Flash Flood	Fayette	$125,000	Water was flowing over numerous roads and into several basements throughout the central part of the county, including the hardest hit area of Fayette.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayette	$40,000	An isolated thunderstorm reached severe levels briefly along Cayuga Lake in eastern portions of the county. Strong winds downed many trees and power lines. Falling tree limbs caused minor damage to some boats anchored near the docks.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayette	$10,000	Numerous trees, power poles and electrical lines were blown down in and around Fayette by thunderstorm winds.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayette	$5,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayette	$3,000	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayette	-	Several trees were blown down.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayette	-	Emergency management officials reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds in Fayette and also in the town of Varick. A small fence was also blown over.
October 2001	Funnel Cloud	Fayette	-	State police received a report of a funnel cloud that made a brief appearance before dissipating.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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.

1902 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1943 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1953 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn 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
William Hoster House	1.8 miles	2002
Simon Ritter Cobblestone Farmhouse	2.5 miles	2008
Seneca Knitting Mill	6.5 miles	1991
Amelia Bloomer House	6.6 miles	1980
Julius and Harriet Bull House	6.6 miles	2007
Women's Rights National Historic Park (Boundary Increase)	6.6 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89002092 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Seneca County	All 40 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.