Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
From the record
“Pentecostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ, formerly known as The Free Baptist Church, was a historic Baptist church located at Elmira in Chemung County, New York. It was built in 1882 and is an example of late 19th century Gothic Revival style ecclesiastical architecture.”
Wikipedia article Pentecostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 47 National Register listings published here for Chemung County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.98001387- 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
1895 to 1992
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18951992
Fires near this property
487 since 1993
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 487 fires within 5 miles of Pentacostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ
between 1993 and 2020, burning about 434 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 73 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
227
Arson/incendiarism
73
Smoking
71
Debris and open burning
41
Natural
34
Equipment and vehicle use
18
Misuse of fire by a minor
13
Recreation and ceremony
6
Power generation/transmission/distribution
4
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
7 workings within 5 miles of Pentacostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ: 5 past producers, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Elmira, the town this property stands in, in 55 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 36 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 7 flash flood, 1 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.
Numerous underpasses in the City of Elmira were flooded by standing water up to 5 feet deep. Several cars were stranded which required the occupants to be rescued by emergency personnel.
Severe thunderstorms developed across the area. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Some structural damage was also reported. In Parish, Oswego County, a lightning strike killed 11 cows and injured three. Numerous power outages were reported -- some due to the downed lines, others from lightning strikes. In Syracuse, a tornado touched down and uprooted trees. The tornado caused damage to a fire department building. A large truck bay door was ripped off as were the ceiling tiles from inside the building. Minor structural damage also occurred to nearby buildings.
A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree on a house and produced structural damage.
A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over multiple trees and power lines which blocked roadways.
Minor flooding occurred on the Chemung River at Elmira from the morning hours of March 15th to the evening of the 15th. The river at Elmira crested at 13.1 feet which is 1.1 feet over the flood stage of 12 feet. Over an inch of rain combining with snowmelt caused the minor flooding.
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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