Watson House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“Watson House is a historic home located at Lockport in Niagara County, New York. It is a two-story stone structure built in 1854 in the Gothic Revival style by Thomas Watson, an early settler of Lockport.”
Wikipedia article Watson House (Lockport, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 99 National Register listings published here for Niagara County · listed in 2003 · 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 as contributing to the listing.
Address. 129 Outwater Dr., Lockport, 14094
When was it listed? May 2003
Category. building
Also known as. Stone Buildings of Lockport, New York MPS
Town. Lockport town
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 03000486 - 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

261 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Watson House between 2001 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 43 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	135
Arson/incendiarism	43
Smoking	33
Natural	19
Debris and open burning	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2002	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Niagara County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Watson House: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Lockport Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Simonds Steel Div/ Lockport, N.Y.	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Niagara County

Storms near this property

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockport, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 24 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 8 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	1 hurt, $50,000	no account filed
June 2013	Flood	Lockport	$800,000	no account filed
July 2021	Flash Flood	South Lockport	$100,000	Road closures were reported due to flooding with vehicles stranded in the streets.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Lockport	$100,000	Additional reports of widespread flooding were received with stranded vehicles in other portions of Lockport.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Lockport	$100,000	no account filed
September 1998	Hail	Lockport	$100,000	no account filed
January 1999	Heavy Snow	Lockport	$75,000	no account filed
August 1994	Tornado (F0)	Lockport	$50,000	A tornado touched down in Lockport in Niagara County. The tornado was on the ground only for short lengths along the path. Damage was mainly confined to one property where three large trees were downed and windows were blown out of a garage.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$50,000	no account filed
August 1994	Tornado (F0)	Lockport	$50,000	no account filed
January 1999	Heavy Snow	Lockport	$40,000	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$25,000	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Lockport	$20,000	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$20,000	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$20,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$20,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$20,000	no account filed
August 1996	Flash Flood	Lockport	$20,000	no account filed
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	A tree fell onto a house on Prentice Street in Lockport.
August 2009	Flash Flood	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$15,000	no account filed
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$10,000	Multiple reports of trees and wires downed across the county.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	South Lockport	$10,000	Law enforcement reported power lines down.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$10,000	no account filed
October 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$10,000	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$10,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$5,000	Multiple reports were received of trees and powerlines down.
July 2003	Hail	Lockport	$5,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Lockport	$5,000	no account filed
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$2,000	Trees and branches were reported down on Washburn Street between Oliver Street and Spalding Street.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$2,000	Trees and wires reported down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lockport	$1,000	Trees and power lines were reported downed.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Lockport	-	High Street was closed due to flooding.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Lockport	-	Market Street was flooded and closed.
July 2021	Flash Flood	South Lockport	-	A state of emergency was issued that included a travel ban due to widespread flooding in Niagara County.
August 2019	Hail	Lockport	-	Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
July 2021	Hail	South Lockport	-	no account filed
July 2021	Hail	South Lockport	-	no account filed
July 2021	Hail	South Lockport	-	no account filed
July 2021	Hail	Lockport	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Lockport	-	no account filed
July 2014	Hail	Lockport	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Niagara County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

1897 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000 - 6 printings
1902 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1905 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1950 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:24000
1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1980 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:25000 - 3 printings
1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Hopkins House	0.4 miles	2003
Maloney House	0.5 miles	2003
Col. William M. and Nancy Ralston Bond House	0.6 miles	1995
Gibbs House	0.6 miles	2003
Peter D. Walter House	0.6 miles	2007
Lockport Industrial District	0.7 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000486 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Niagara County	All 99 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.