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Photograph of St. Paul's Church
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

St. Paul's Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Paul's Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 204 Genesee Street in Chittenango, Madison County, New York. It's a three-by-four-bay, Gothic Revival-style structure built with board and batten siding.”

Wikipedia article St. Paul's Church (Chittenango, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1996 · 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. 204 Genesee St., Chittenango, 13037
  • When was it listed? August 1996
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Historic Churches of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York MPS
  • Town. Sullivan town
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 96000956 - 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

82 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of St. Paul's Church between 2000 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of St. Paul's Church: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Button & Worlock QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Chittenango WellSaltPast Producer
Crouse Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kinsella Pit and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kinsella PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kinsella QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chittenango, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
August 2004Flash FloodChittenango$500,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding. Numerous roads were floods and creeks were over their banks. Parts of the city of Oneida were flooded with streets impassable. Numerous homes had flooded basements. Power was shut off to reduce the risk of electrical fire until the basements got pumped out by the fire department. Rainfall was 3 to 5 inches.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindChittenango$50,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindChittenango$8,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindChittenango$5,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Chittenango$3,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a car with wires involved. No injuries were reported.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Chittenango$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a house.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindChittenango$500no account filed
May 2000HailChittenango-Some minor street flooding was also reported along with the hail due to heavy rain.
May 2000LightningChittenango-A lightning strike set a house on fire.
June 2000HailChittenango-Reports of trees down and 1 inch diameter hail were received from the media and trained spotters in Chittenango. Localized street flooding was also reported.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindChittenango-Numerous trees and wires down. Also reported in Cazenovia.
May 2000HailChittenango-no account filed
June 2000HailChittenango-no account filed
December 1996Flash FloodChittenango-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison County

Maps showing this location

11 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
Chittenango Landing Dry Dock Complex1.2 miles1992
Chittenango Pottery1.2 miles2009
Shattuck House5.1 miles1991
Judge Nathan S. Roberts House5.7 miles1986
House at 107 Stroud Street5.7 miles1986
House at 233 James Street5.8 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96000956 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison CountyAll 83 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.