Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
“Osceola Town Hall is a historic town hall located at Osceola in Lewis County, New York. It was built in 1882 as Osceola Methodist Church.”
Wikipedia article Osceola Town Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lewis County · listed in 2005 · 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 18 fires within 5 miles of Osceola Town Hall between 2003 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osceola, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. The trees damaged a house. |
| November 1999 | Flash Flood | North Osceola | $15,000 | The Black River basin east of Lake Ontario received over two inches of rain during the evening hours. While the Black River did not reach flood stage, localized flooding in North Osceola resulted in some road closures. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree which fell on a car on Osceola Road. |
| August 2008 | Hail | North Osceola | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $5,000 | Several trees downed in Osceola. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | North Osceola | $5,000 | The National Weather Service in Buffalo used Sentinel-2 satellite|imagery and found tornadic damage in Lewis County. A damage scar |was found using difference techniques of satellite imagery. The |scar was found in a wooded area east of North Osceola Road in the |Town of Osceola. A damage survey could not be conducted due to |limited access into the wooded area. The tornado is thus rated|EF-Unknown. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Osceola | $2,000 | Trees were downed on wires along North Osceola Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Osceola | $2,000 | Trees and lines were downed across a road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed onto Osceola Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down in Osceola. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $1,500 | Tree and wires downed on Prince Brook Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osceola | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto a powerline in Osceola. |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001454 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lewis County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
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