Built in 1854 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
From the record
“The First Presbyterian Church of Chester is a Presbyterian church in Chester. It is located along NY 94 in the eponymous village in Orange County, New York, United States.”
Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church of Chester, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · built in 1854, Greek Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.97001622- 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
484 since 1995
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 484 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church of Chester
between 1995 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 75 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
216
Arson/incendiarism
75
Debris and open burning
68
Smoking
58
Misuse of fire by a minor
28
Equipment and vehicle use
17
Natural
9
Recreation and ceremony
6
Railroad operations and maintenance
4
Power generation/transmission/distribution
3
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
13 workings within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church of Chester: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect.
4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Chester, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 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.
The basement of a home at 19 Conklingtown Road in Chester was reported flooded. Radar estimated rainfall amounts in the area were greater than 3 inches over the previous hour.
The basement of a home at 2 Moffatt Lane in Chester was reported flooded. Radar estimated rainfall amounts in the area were greater than 3 inches over the previous hour.
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.
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.
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.
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