Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
From the record
“Conklin Town Hall, also known as Alpheus Corby Residence and The Castle, is a historic town hall located at Conklin in Broome County, New York. It was built in 1908 as a private residence and is a concrete block building, faced with concrete blocks painted to look like stone.”
Wikipedia article Conklin Town Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 66 National Register listings published here for Broome County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.06001146- 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
132 since 1995
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Conklin Town Hall
between 1995 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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
63
Debris and open burning
17
Arson/incendiarism
14
Natural
13
Equipment and vehicle use
7
Misuse of fire by a minor
6
Smoking
5
Power generation/transmission/distribution
3
Recreation and ceremony
2
Other causes
1
Railroad operations and maintenance
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Conklin Town Hall: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Conklin, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 11 flood, 5 hail, 4 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.
Flooding occurred on the Susquehanna River at Conklin from the morning hours of March 16th to the evening of the 17th. The river at Conklin crested at 13.2 feet which is 2.2 feet over the flood stage of 11 feet. Over an inch of rain combining with snowmelt caused minor flooding initially. An ice jam formed and caused the river to reach its moderate stage of 13 feet, flooding 20 homes (6 occupied), 1 business, and 5 roads. Approximately 1/4 million dollars worth of damage was caused by this flood.
The Susquehanna River at Conklin exceeded moderate flood stage and crested at 15.09 feet on December 18th at 5:30 PM. Waters up to this level will flood several roads along with Valley and Schnurbusch parks near the river.
Minor flooding occurred on the Susquehanna River at Conklin from the afternoon of March 25th to the afternoon of the 30th. The river at Conklin crested at 12.6 feet which was 1.6 feet over the flood stage of 11 feet. Continued melting of the snowpack and a period of rainfall on the 24th and 25th led to the minor flooding.
Heavy rainfall caused minor flooding on the Susquehanna River at Conklin. The river reached its flood stage of 11 feet at 8:03 am on the 17th and crested at 11.55 feet at 4:00 pm. The river fell below flood stage during the evening of the 18th.
The Susquehanna River at Conklin surged above flood stage again for a second crest above Moderate flood stage at 15.84 feet. The crest occurred at 12:55 AM on August 15th.
Heavy rain and snow melt from a major spring storm on April 16th caused the Susquehanna River at Conklin to rise above the 11 foot flood stage. The river crested at 12.4 feet at 9:30 pm on April 19th. At 12.0 feet, flooding begins on Alta, River and Lawrence Roads in the town of Conklin.
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.
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.
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