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Middlesex Center Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Middlesex Center Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York. It is a Romanesque style structure built about 1881.”

Wikipedia article Middlesex Center Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Yates County · listed in 1994 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Main St., Middlesex, 14507
  • When was it listed? August 1994
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Yates County MPS
  • Town. Middlesex town
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 94000945 - 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Middlesex Center Methodist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Middlesex Center Methodist Church: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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
Hays PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this property

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middlesex, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2005Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex1 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, wires, and utility poles. One tree fell on a house injuring a person inside.
June 1996Tornado (F1)Middlesex$75,000no account filed
May 2014Flash FloodMiddlesex$50,000The Acorn Valley Trailer Park was surrounded by water.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several 6 inch diameter tree branches.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000no account filed
April 2017FloodMiddlesex$2,000Water was reported on several roads in Middlesex.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$2,000Trees and wires were blown down in Middlesex.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed large limbs and wires.
July 2008HailMiddlesex-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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.

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
John Carr House0.9 miles1994
Asahel Green Farm2.1 miles1994
Overackers Corners Schoolhouse2.3 miles1994
Vine Valley Methodist Church3.0 miles1994
James Hobart House3.1 miles1994
Bates Cobblestone Farmhouse3.6 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000945 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yates CountyAll 66 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.