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Photograph of St. John's Church Complex
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St. John's Church Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1909.

From the record

“John's Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex at 136 Main Street in Delhi, Delaware County, New York. The complex consists of the church / chapel, parish house, rectory, rectory garage, connecting stairway, and site of the 1831 church.”

Wikipedia article St. John's Church Complex (Delhi, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Delaware County · listed in 1995 · 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 4 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 136 Main St., Delhi, 13753
  • When was it listed? July 1995
  • Category. building
  • Town. Delhi town
  • National Register reference number. 95000879 - 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

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of St. John's Church Complex between 1995 and 2016, burning about 75 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined30
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning4
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 May 2015Misuse of fire by a minor4.8 acresNew York Forest RangersBELL HILL FIRE
28 May 2016Misuse of fire by a minor3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of St. John's Church Complex: 3 producers. All of them 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
Adair PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bloomville Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kortright PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this property

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delhi, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flood, 2 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
June 2006FloodDelhi$5,000,000no account filed
May 2004HailDelhi$50,000no account filed
August 2024Flash FloodDelhi$40,000A house was flooded to the first floor in Delhi.
May 2013Flash FloodEast Delhi$40,000Flood waters were rushing down the hillsides and across much of Route 10 from Delhi to Bloomville.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindDelhi$12,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over numerous trees and power lines.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDelhi$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires in the Delhi area.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEast Delhi$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDelhi$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees and wires in the Village of Delhi.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDelhi$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires in the Delhi area.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDelhi$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and wires.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDelhi$10,000Trees were blown down on a house.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDelhi$5,000Trees were blown down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindDelhi$5,000Trees down countywide.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDelhi$5,000no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindDelhi$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDelhi$3,000Numerous trees were blown down all over town.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDelhi$3,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDelhi$3,000no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindDelhi$2,000Trees were blown down in Delhi.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindDelhi$2,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDelhi$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on State Highway 10 in Delhi.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDelhi$1,000Twelve inch diameter trees were blown down.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindDelhi$1,000Trees down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDelhi$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
January 2018FloodDelhi-An ice jam was reported on the West Branch Delaware River behind the county courthouse. Minor flooding of low lands along the river occurred, but no significant impacts.
May 2012HailDelhi-no account filed
May 2012HailDelhi-no account filed
September 2010HailDelhi-no account filed
June 2009HailDelhi-no account filed
June 2009HailDelhi-no account filed
June 2009HailDelhi-no account filed
June 2009HailDelhi-no account filed
June 2009HailDelhi-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindDelhi-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Delaware County Courthouse Square Districtunder 500 feet1973
US Post Office-Delhi0.1 miles1988
First Presbyterian Church0.4 miles2006
Murray Hill0.6 miles1982
Sherwood Family Estate1.4 miles2002
Judge Gideon Frisbee House1.9 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95000879 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Delaware CountyAll 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.