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Photograph of Unitarian Universalist Church
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Unitarian Universalist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“The Unitarian Universalist Church of Cortland, New York, also known as "The Old Cobblestone Church," is an historic cobblestone church building located at 3 Church Street in Cortland, New York, United States. Built in 1837, the building was established as a Universalist church.”

Wikipedia article Unitarian Universalist Church (Cortland, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Cortland County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

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. 3 Church St., Courtland, 13045
  • When was it listed? July 1993
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
  • City. Cortland city
  • National Register reference number. 93000592 - 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

137 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Unitarian Universalist Church between 2000 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined68
Debris and open burning18
Smoking15
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Unitarian Universalist Church: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Compagni PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Connels PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Polkville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Polkville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cortland 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.

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
Cortland Free Libraryunder 500 feet2008
First Presbyterian Church Complex0.2 miles2002
Cortland Fire Headquarters0.2 miles1974
Cortland County Courthouse0.2 miles1974
Benton-Sherwood House0.2 miles2026
US Post Office-Cortland0.3 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000592 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cortland CountyAll 31 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.