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Photograph of St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Peter's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church located at 44 Main Street in Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Constructed in 1871, it is a small, board and batten, Carpenter Gothic style frame building.”

Wikipedia article St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Bloomfield, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Ontario 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. 44 Main St., Bloomfield, 14469
  • When was it listed? November 1996
  • Category. building
  • Town. East Bloomfield town
  • Architectural style. Carpenter Gothic
  • National Register reference number. 96001389 - 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

64 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of St. Peter's Episcopal Church between 2000 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2017Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of St. Peter's Episcopal Church: 9 producers, 8 past 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amelia Smith WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
B.Case No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Henish WellSaltPast Producer
Abbey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
E.Darby No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
East Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holcomb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holcomb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$50,000Many trees were reported down, and there was a report of structural damage to a building from the wind.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$15,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$10,000Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$8,000Multiple 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 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$8,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$1,500Report of half of a tree and wires downed across State Route 444.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Bloomfield$1,000Tree downed on Townline Road and Wheeler Station Road.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$1,000Tree and wires were reported down on West Main Street.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$500Large tree downed blocking Route 444.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Bloomfield$500Tree downed, blocking road.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Bloomfield$500A large tree was reported down.
June 2025Flash FloodSouth Bloomfield-Water flooding entire building west of Canandaigua.
August 2021Heavy RainSouth Bloomfield-Storm total rainfall that was reported during the entirety of the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred.
October 2021FloodNorth Bloomfield-Flooding of low lying areas around Ellison Park and Powder Mills Park was reported. The river crested near 6.8 feet.
October 2021FloodNorth 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.

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
St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church Complex0.4 miles1992
East Bloomfield Historic District0.6 miles1989
George and Addison Wheeler House3.9 miles2005
Osborne House5.4 miles1980
Waltrous Peck House5.5 miles2017
Felt Cobblestone General Store5.6 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96001389 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ontario 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.