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St. Mark's Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Mark's Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Port Leyden in Lewis County, New York. It is a frame board and batten sided, three by five bay structure built in 1865 in the Gothic Revival style.”

Wikipedia article St. Mark's Church (Port Leyden, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lewis County · listed in 1998 · 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, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Jct. of West Main and Elm Sts., Port Leyden, 13433
  • When was it listed? August 1998
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Historic Churches of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York MPS
  • Town. Leyden town
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 98001003 - 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

42 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of St. Mark's Church between 2003 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of St. Mark's Church: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron. 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
Port LeydenZirconium, Titanium, IronProspect1952
Port Leyden MineTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrence
Boonville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boonville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gingerich PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Callanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoch Brothers Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lyonsdale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Leyden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Turin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this property

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Leyden, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2014Flash FloodPort Leyden$1,500,000no account filed
May 1993HailPort Leyden$50,000Thunderstorms that developed in a moist southwest flow produced one inch hail at Redfield and Port Leyden.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$50,000no account filed
September 2016Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$25,000Trained spotters reported multiple trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$15,000Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on South Elm Street.
October 2004Tornado (F0)Port Leyden$15,000no account filed
September 2016Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$10,000Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$10,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$6,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$5,000Numerous trees and wires downed across the Town of Port Leyden.
May 2012HailPort Leyden$5,000no account filed
May 2012HailPort Leyden$5,000no account filed
July 2007HailPort Leyden$5,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$5,000no account filed
May 2006HailPort Leyden$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$1,000Trees downed on Marmon Rd.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$1,000Trees downed in Port Leyden.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$1,000Trees were reported downed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$1,000Trees were downed onto Marmon Road near Penney Settlement Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindPort Leyden$1,000Trees and wires were reported downed into the yard of a residence.
July 2024Flash FloodPort Leyden-New York State Route 12 flooded in Port Leyden.
December 2023FloodPort Leyden-The intersection of Wildcat Road and River Road closed due to flooding of a small nearby stream.
May 2022HailPort Leyden-no account filed
May 2014HailPort Leyden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel1.9 miles2011
Forest Presbyterian Church2.6 miles2004
Gould Mansion Complex2.7 miles1978
Pines, The2.9 miles2007
Edmund Wilson House3.3 miles1973
Leyden Common School No. 23.4 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98001003 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lewis CountyAll 50 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.