Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.
“The Town and Country Building (also known as the Lyric Theatre and New Lyric Theatre is a historic commercial building located at Liberty in Sullivan County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Town and Country Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 79 National Register listings published here for Sullivan County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Town and Country Building between 1997 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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 | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Smoking | 2.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Liberty | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $10,000 | A thunderstorm moved into the area Monday afternoon and quickly became severe. The thunderstorm knocked trees and wires down from Roscoe to Liberty to Monticello. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Liberty | $5,000 | A spotter reported 2.14 inches of rain in 24 hours ending at 7 a.m., then another 2 inches from 7 a.m. to 930 a.m. Parts of a roadway were washed away below this location. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires in Liberty and Harris. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires near the intersection of Buckley Street and West Street. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Liberty | - | Spotter reported a funnel cloud and pea sized hail. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Liberty | - | One hour rainfall measured 1.12 inches. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | - | Trees down. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Liberty | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm dumped hail up to three-quarters inch in Liberty during the afternoon of June 14th. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Downtown Historic District | under 500 feet | 2006 | |
 | St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church | under 500 feet | 1997 |
 | Liberty Village Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Munson Diner | 0.2 miles | 2006 |
| Shelburne Playhouse | 1.6 miles | 2004 | |
 | Ferndale School | 1.6 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04001061 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sullivan County | All 79 listed properties in this county. |
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