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Photograph of Morrisville Public Library
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Morrisville Public Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Morrisville Public Library is a historic library building located at Morrisville in Madison County, New York. It was built about 1850 and is a frame picturesque cottage with Gothic Revival-style detailing.”

Wikipedia article Morrisville Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 87 East Main St., Morrisville, 13408
  • When was it listed? October 2005
  • Category. building
  • Town. Eaton town
  • National Register reference number. 05001126 - 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

64 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Morrisville Public Library between 2000 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined27
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Morrisville Public Library: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dwight Graham No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Melvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Munnsville Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrisville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodMorrisville$50,000Water was flowing through the Key Bank in the downtown area.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$15,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and poles.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$6,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires. A roof was ripped off a shed.
July 2006Flash FloodMorrisville$5,000Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms caused widespread flooding across the county. Several roads were washed out in Lenox and Lincoln Townships.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$2,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a couple of trees in the town of Eaton.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$1,000Large limbs and wires down
November 2006Thunderstorm WindMorrisville$1,000Trees down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMorrisville-Large branches were broken off by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailMorrisville-no account filed
April 2006HailMorrisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Morrisville Engine Houseunder 500 feet2020
First National Bank of Morrisvilleunder 500 feet1985
Old Madison County Courthouseunder 500 feet1978
Coolidge Stores Building4.7 miles2001
Chenango Canal Summit Level4.9 miles2005
Smithfield Presbyterian Church5.1 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05001126 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison CountyAll 83 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.