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One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Lyons Downtown Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- Address. Broad bounded by Phelps, William, Butternut, Pearl & Canal with portions of Bear, Lawrence, Geneva & Water Sts., Lyons, 14489
- When was it listed? March 2018
- Category. district
- Town. Lyons town
- National Register reference number. 100002190 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
76 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Lyons Downtown Historic District between 2001 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. 4 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lyons Downtown Historic District: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloway No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Bauer's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bauer's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyons, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Lyons | $75,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $15,000 | A large trees downed by thunderstorm winds fell on a house. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $15,000 | An isolated severe thunderstorm moved across Wayne county during the pre-dawn hours producing damaging winds that downed trees and power lines in the town of Lyons. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $10,000 | Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $10,000 | Rochester media reported trees down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lyons | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Lyons | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lyons | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were downed in Lyons. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $1,000 | Trees downed in the Town of Lyons. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $500 | Tree down on Jackson Street in Lyons. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Lyons | - | A few roads closed in Lyons due to Flash Flooding. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | - | Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited 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.
- 1902 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Grace Episcopal Church Complex | 0.2 miles | 1994 |
 | US Post Office-Lyons | 0.2 miles | 1989 |
 | Broad Street-Water Street Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1973 |
 | H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Dipper Dredge No. 3 | 1.3 miles | 2007 |
 | Towar-Ennis Farmhouse and Barn Complex | 2.9 miles | 2009 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002190 in Record Group 79. |
| Wayne County | All 40 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.