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Dr. Hovey Everett House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Hovey Everett House is a Greek Revival style house in the hamlet of Lowman in the town of Chemung, New York. It is significant both for its architecture and for its association with the life of Dr.”

Wikipedia article Dr. Hovey Everett House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 47 National Register listings published here for Chemung County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Everett, Dr. Hovey, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1594 Cty Rte 60, Lowman, 14861
  • When was it listed? January 2007
  • Category. building
  • Town. Chemung town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 06001299 - 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.

Then and now

1902 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Dr. Hovey Everett House, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet covering Dr. Hovey Everett House, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

134 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Dr. Hovey Everett House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dr. Hovey Everett House: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lowman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 3 Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this property

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowman, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
September 2018Flash FloodLowman$10,000Water was flowing across Interstate 86 near the Newtown Battlefield State Park.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowman$10,000Numerous trees and wires were blown down in Baldwin and Chemung.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowman$5,000Trees were blown down across Interior Road at the Garner Hill Campground.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindLowman$2,000Strong thunderstrom winds knocked down trees and wires.
January 2010Flash FloodLowman-Lowman Crossing was flooded due to heavy rains.

Every storm recorded in Chemung County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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
Riverside Cemetery1.0 miles2012
Chemung District School No. 101.3 miles2008
Newtown Battlefield1.6 miles1972
Christ Episcopal Church2.4 miles2000
Maple Avenue Historic District6.0 miles2013
John Brand Sr. House6.2 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06001299 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chemung CountyAll 47 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.