National Register reference number.82003606- 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
1903 to 1956
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19031956
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Camden township. The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
Game of the smaller kinds was very abundant before the hunters became too numerous. It cannot be positively stated that any old bears were killed in the township after the settlement was begun; but there is a vague tradition to the effect that Solomon Root and Joseph Ross once found two in a whitewood tree in the southwest part of the town, and killed them.
John D. Williams and his wife, Jane, from the vicinity of Cuyuga Lake, New York, settled upon lots twenty-five and twenty-six, tract eleven, in 1836, Elisha C. now lives upon lot twenty-three, same tract. S. B. is in Kipton village. John W. and Wilson are also residents of the township. Mary Jane lives upon the old place. The only other living member of the family of brothers and sisters is Heman. Albert R. died in 1878. Clarissa and Minerva are also dead.
The first log cabin that was built was the handiwork of Leonard Clark, and was raised by him upon lot number twenty-five in tract eleven, in the year 1829. The first framed dwelling was built in the year 1837 on lot number twelve in tract ten, by Roswell 3ubcock. It was not finished immediately, however, William Hawkins moved it to the adjoining lot, number thirteen, and completed it soon after. About the same time Edwin Gager put up a small, rough frame house on lot number twenty-six, tract eleven. A year or so later, Ezekiel Arnold built a frame house on lot number nineteen, tract ten, moved into it and lived there during the remainder of his life, dying in 1840. All three of these early erected dwellings have been destroyed. The first framed barns were built in 1836 by David Wells and Reuben Eddy. There was only a few days difference in the date of the raisings. The first brick building was a store erected at Kipton in the year 1856, by H. McFarland. It is still used for the purpose originally intended.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,627 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Union Church between 1852 and 1975: 787 Animalia, 584 Fungi, 224 Plantae, 13 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 6 Unrecorded.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. E. Recksecker, A. E. Ricksecker, A. M. Evans and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Kipton, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
A small tornado touched down four miles northeast of Kipton in Henrietta Township near the intersection of Garfield and Baumhart Roads. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 200 yards and had a damage path up to 50 yards in width. One home sustained some minor damage. Several trees and a power pole were downed. Some crop damage also occurred in a nearby field.
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.
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
that was located just at the edge of town. 1s a second set of large wooden doors (like the outside ones) The altar area was changed, a pipe organ installed, the basement CONDITION DATE DETERIORATED ALTERED MOVED FAIR building has remained unaltered. CHECK ONE EXCELLENT The large doors leading into the church are the original The sanctuary itself has been extensively redecorated and doors is a beautiful stained glass window containing the original structure.It still retains the stark beauty from years gone by. that most church towers built during this time period were typi- original structure was built.To the rear was added a choir The Kipton Community Church is a rather small rural church.
room and pastor's study on the upper level;a kitchen on the Even the additions to the building have not altered the original was remodeled, and an addition to the rear and rear-west of the -UNEXPOSED -GOOD fellowship hall. In 1974, the second redecorating and remodeling fixtures were replaced, and carpeting laid. In 1976, the There RUINS stained glass windows were repaired. remodeled twice in its history. The window also depicts Above these wooden doors.The only change made here is that they were reversed The foundation of the name of the church--The Union Church. are the originals and still present. This church is located on a quiet, tree-lined street. building is made of huge sandstone blocks cut from a local quarry The first time was in 1963.
which lead from the vestibule into the sanctuary. so that they open to the outside instead of to the inside. AREAS OF
Statement of significance
_ECONOMICS _1400-1499 _PREHISTORIC There were about a dozen members of the Methodist and Episcopal the lot on which the church stands to the trustees and their Hardy in l879.In the cornerstone is a sealed tin box containing - TRANSPORTATION faith and all of the area Baptists who joined in the movement Roswell Hardy was the original owner of this parcel of land, _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _COMMERCE a little history of the church, names of the building _THEATER located on Lot 2 in the village of Binghamton Kipton). In l92l, the people of this small community decided to - MILITARY _1900- It retains, on the outside, all of the original features, such Gothic architecture in the township. It was built in 1879.
as the unaltered structure, the window frames, stained glass INVENTION successors. in Kipton. disband the two churches in this vicinity--namely the Disciple and C.T.Buckley did the carpentry work.The cornerstone was Church and The Union Church.It was decided to have just one Items of interest include the fact that there are still cut at the local quarry by George Stetter and laid by Charles Church.The building that they would use, is the one presently It is the largest and best preserved example of The deed was finally signed over to the church on charge of the stone work;Charles Hardy did the brick work; The bell in the tower was cast by the ing into the chunch. Roswell and Mary Hardy deeded to build a church in this area.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 82003606, 13 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
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.
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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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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