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Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief

Built in 1941. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1913.

From the record

“Dismas, the Good Thief is a historic Roman Catholic church at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Cook Street in Dannemora, New York.”

Wikipedia article Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 53 National Register listings published here for Clinton County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1941.

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 2 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Clinton Correctional Facility, Cook St., Dannemora, 12929
  • When was it listed? November 1991
  • Category. building
  • Town. Dannemora town
  • When was it built? 1941
  • National Register reference number. 91001673 - 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

52 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief between 2001 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Salmon River Road QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
AverillIronPast Producer
Averill MineIronPast Producer1842, 1885
Dorothy AnomalyIronOccurrence
Ellis MineIronPast Producer
Ellis Ore BedIronPast Producer
James J. Kimball Ore Bed DepositIronProspect
La Mar PitsIronPast Producer
Lo Mar MineIronPast Producer
Russia Station MineIronPast Producer1852, 1855, 1872

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this property

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dannemora, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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
July 2007Flash FloodDannemora$45,000Brook overflowed onto Cook Street, which resulted in flooded road as well as lawns and basement.
July 2023Flash FloodDannemora$25,000County EM reported flash flooding and a washout at the corner of Nashville Rd. and Pickett's Corner Rd. 2 to 3 inches of rain were reliably observed in this area.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDannemora$25,000Numerous trees down in northwest Clinton county including Dannemora.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindDannemora$20,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDannemora$10,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDannemora$10,000Numerous branches and a few trees down and an 40 foot amateur radio antenna downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDannemora$10,000Tree downed by thunderstorm winds across pickup truck.
June 1998Flash FloodDannemora$10,000no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDannemora$5,000Scattered trees down.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindDannemora$5,000Several trees downed on power lines along Ryan road in Saranac.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDannemora$2,000Tree down on utility line on Mountain View Road.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindDannemora$2,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds on Bucks Corner road.
May 2005HailDannemora$1,000no account filed
June 2012HailDannemora-Penny size hail reported.
July 2012HailDannemora-Quarter size hail on Emmons street.
July 2005HailDannemora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton County

Maps showing this location

7 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

1 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
Werrenrath Camp4.5 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91001673 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clinton CountyAll 53 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.