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Photograph of Old Saratoga Reformed Church
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Saratoga Reformed Church, Old

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Old Saratoga Reformed Church is a historic building at the junction of Burgoyne and Pearl Streets in Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York. It is part of the Reformed Church in America and was built in 1857 in the Greek Revival style.”

Wikipedia article Old Saratoga Reformed Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Saratoga County · listed in 1997 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Jct. of Burgoyne and Pearl Sts., Schuylerville, 12871
  • When was it listed? November 1997
  • Category. building
  • Town. Saratoga town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 97001387 - 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.

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Saratoga Reformed Church, Old, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet covering Saratoga Reformed Church, Old, surveyed 1900

Fires near this property

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Saratoga Reformed Church, Old between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined88
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Saratoga Reformed Church, Old: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Silica. 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
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
Schuylerville DepositSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Middle Falls QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast ProducerDolomite, Limestone
Normanskill GritsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1925
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Stark Knob QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence1910, 1925
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this property

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schuylerville, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 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
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville$49,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville$5,000A cold front moved south from Canada into the Saint Lawrence Valley late on the 2nd of June resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New York. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across parts of Madison, Oneida, Chenango, Otsego, and Saratoga Counties. Especially hard hit was the Westerville area in Oneida County where many roads were closed by fallen trees. In Saratoga County trees fell on a home in Wilton causing extensive damage to the home, while a motorcyclist was injured when a large tree limb fell on him in Saratoga Springs.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville$4,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville$4,000no account filed
June 2023HailSchuylerville-Hail of various sizes occurred in Schuylerville based on pictures. Some were slightly greater than 1 inch.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville-A tree was reported down blocking Pearl St.
July 2022HailSchuylerville-Estimated half dollar to ping pong ball size hail in Schuylerville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville-One tree was downed along Route 29.
August 2014HailSchuylerville-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Schuylerville.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville-Trees and wires were reported down in Schuylerville due to thunderstorm winds. The downed trees and wires closed a part of Broad Street in the village.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville-Power lines were reported down in Schuylerville as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville-Large tree limbs and wires were reported down in Victory Mills due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2008HailSchuylerville-Penny size hail was reported near Schuylerville during a thunderstorm.
January 2007FloodSchuylerville-High water levels on the Hudson River closed a portion of Wrights Loop Road in Saratoga County on Wednesday January 10th.|The river level at Schuylerville crested at 92.3 feet, which was 2.3 feet above the flood stage of 90.0 feet at 7 AM on Wednesday January 10th.
April 2007FloodSchuylerville-Significant snowmelt led to moderate flooding of the Hudson River at Schuylerville. The river crested at 92.8 feet at 0600 EST on April 25th, and remained above the flood stage of 90 feet through April 30th.
November 2006FloodSchuylerville-The Hudson River at Schuylerville exceeded its flood stage of 90.0 feet at 2:30 PM EST on November 17th, crested at 90.7 feet at 7 AM EST on November 20th, before dropping back below flood stage at 8:20 PM EST on November 20th.
October 2006FloodSchuylerville-On October 28 and 29, minor flooding occurred on the Hudson River at Schuylerville. The river crested at 90.30 feet on October 29 at 7 AM EST. Flood stage is 90.0 feet.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSchuylerville-no account filed
July 2001HailSchuylerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saratoga County

Maps showing this location

12 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. Stephen's Episcopal Church0.1 miles2005
Bullard Block0.2 miles2009
Victory Mills0.8 miles2010
Marshall House0.9 miles2002
Saratoga National Historical Park4.6 miles1966
Champlain Canal4.6 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97001387 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saratoga 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.