St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex

Built in 1874 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex is a historic Roman Catholic church complex located in Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. The complex consists of three contributing buildings and one contributing site, the church cemetery. the church is a late Victorian eclectic brick edifice with restrained Italianate and Romanesque Revival-style design and decorative features.”
Wikipedia article St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex (Bloomfield, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Ontario County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1874, Renaissance Revival architecture.

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 3 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. 15 Church St., between Church and Michigan Sts., Bloomfield, 14469
When was it listed? August 1992
Category. building
Town. East Bloomfield town
When was it built? 1874
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 92001052 - 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

60 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex between 2000 and 2019, burning about 45 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Arson/incendiarism	12
Smoking	4
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
7 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2017	Smoking	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex: 11 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Amelia Smith Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Past Producer
B.Case No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Past Producer
Callister No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Past Producer
A.Henish Well	Salt	Past Producer
Abbey No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
E.Darby No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Bloomfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bloomfield Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
East Bloomfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
East Bloomfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this property

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 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
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$50,000	Many trees were reported down, and there was a report of structural damage to a building from the wind.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$15,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$10,000	Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$8,000	Multiple hardwood trees were reported down at Flatiron Road and U.S. Highway 20. Limbs were also down nearby with shingles blown off the roof of an antique shop. Damage consistent with a microburst continued east-northeast into Canandaigua that included the overturning of a mobile sign and recreational vehicle as well as trees and limbs down along North Pearl Stree and Buffalo Street Extension.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$8,000	Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$1,500	Report of half of a tree and wires downed across State Route 444.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	South Bloomfield	$1,000	Tree downed on Townline Road and Wheeler Station Road.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$1,000	Tree and wires were reported down on West Main Street.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$500	Large tree downed blocking Route 444.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	North Bloomfield	$500	Tree downed, blocking road.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bloomfield	$500	A large tree was reported down.
June 2025	Flash Flood	South Bloomfield	-	Water flooding entire building west of Canandaigua.
August 2021	Heavy Rain	South Bloomfield	-	Storm total rainfall that was reported during the entirety of the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred.
October 2021	Flood	North Bloomfield	-	Flooding of low lying areas around Ellison Park and Powder Mills Park was reported. The river crested near 6.8 feet.
October 2021	Flood	North Bloomfield	-	Minor flooding was observed on the Honeoye Creek at Honeoye Falls. The river level peaked at 6.6 feet.

Every storm recorded in Ontario County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

1900 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1942 USGS Victor quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1951 USGS Victor quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Victor quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1983 USGS Canandaigua 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
East Bloomfield Historic District	0.4 miles	1989
St. Peter's Episcopal Church	0.4 miles	1996
George and Addison Wheeler House	4.2 miles	2005
Waltrous Peck House	5.1 miles	2017
John and Mary Dickson House	5.3 miles	2008
Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Office	5.3 miles	2008

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92001052 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ontario County	All 78 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.