Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School
church building in Taylor, United States of America
Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School is a historic Methodist Episcopal church and former one-room school located at Taylor Center in Cortland County, New York, United States. The church, also known as Second Methodist Episcopal Church of Taylor, the Solon Pond Church, and the Christian Community Church of Solon Pond, was constructed about 1870. It is a one-story, white clapboard building measuring 30 feet by 40 feet. It has a gable roof and small wing. The interior is laid out in the Akron Plan style. The school is included in the nomination to the register, but it is non-contributing.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School” as church building in Taylor, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as church building in Taylor, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7689901. The first chronological checks are 1870 and 2010.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
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Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School primary sources, Taylor Center Methodist Episcopal Church and Taylor District No. 3 School archive and Taylor research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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