Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.

From the record

“Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony Cemetery is a national historic district comprising a historic Episcopal church complex and cemetery located at Morris in Otsego County, New York. The complex consists of the church, rectory (1893), and parish house (1901).”
Wikipedia article Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Otsego County · listed in 1997 · category: District.

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 3 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. E of Morris, NY 51, Morris, 13808
When was it listed? November 1997
Category. district
Town. Morris town
National Register reference number. 97001456 - 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

48 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony Cemetery between 2001 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined	23
Debris and open burning	10
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	4
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 July 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 June 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 June 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this property

20 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morris, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2021	Flash Flood	Morris	$50,000	A bridge was flooded. Hay bales were blocking the creek underpass. The local fire department was flooded out.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Morris.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees on 434 CR-51.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$5,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$5,000	Wires and a transformer were blown down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$5,000	Several trees were blown down in Morris, including one on a house.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Morris and New Lisbon.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$3,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires in the area.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$2,000	Trees and wires downed.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the road.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$1,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	-	Large tree limbs were broken.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Morris	-	Trees down.
May 2000	Flash Flood	Morris	-	County highways 13, 51 and 49 were flooded following heavy thunderstorm rains. Other roads were also closed and bridges damaged due to flooding. The city water supply became contaminated during the flooding and residents had to boil water before use for several days afterward. One bridge was destroyed on Route 13 and another was undermined on Route 51. Flash flooding along Silver Creek also damaged residences along its banks. A State of Emergency was declared due to the serious nature of the flooding.
August 2011	Hail	Morris	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Morris	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Morris	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Morris	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Morris	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otsego County

Maps showing this location

9 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.

1910 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500
1912 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1943 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1945 USGS Morris quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Morris Village Historic District	1.3 miles	2013
Morris-Lull Farm	2.4 miles	2005
Joseph Peck House	3.1 miles	2025
Tuttle-Peck House	3.1 miles	2025
St. Stephen's Chapel	4.0 miles	2021
All Saints Chapel and Morris Family Burial Ground	4.5 miles	1997

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97001456 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Otsego County	All 79 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.
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.