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One of 178 National Register listings published here for Onondaga County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Camillus Cutlery Company Headquarters
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 54 W Genesee St., Camillus, 13031
- When was it listed? August 2018
- Category. building
- Town. Camillus town
- National Register reference number. 100002836 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
255 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Camillus Cutlery Company Headquarters between 2001 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 39 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 | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 27 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Camillus Cutlery Company Headquarters: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warners | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Limeledge Quarry Division | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marcellus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Camillus Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Fiato Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Halfway Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Marcellus Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marcellus Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nine Mile Creek Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Syracuse Pottery Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camillus, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Camillus | $150,000 | Flash flooding damaged numerous roadways and homes. Voluntary evacuation of 14 homes occurred due to flooding. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $20,000 | A confirmed microburst produce 65 to 75 MPH winds which downed large branches. Some evergreen trees were snapped and trees were uprooted. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Genessee Road. |
| April 2006 | Lightning | Camillus | $10,000 | Several houses struck by lightning |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $8,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on three separate roads. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and blew around lawn furniture. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $3,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a pole and wires. The pole and wires fell on a car. Unknown if car was occupied or if there were injuries. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $1,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house. Information provided by a tree removal company. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on wires. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Camillus | - | A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced penny sized hail. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Camillus | - | A one hour rainfall amount of 1.25 inches was recorded. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Camillus | - | 0.88 inch hail. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camillus | - | Trees and wires down. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Camillus | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Camillus | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Camillus | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Camillus | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Camillus | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited 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.
- 1900 USGS Baldwinsville quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Camillus quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Camillus quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Camillus quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Baldwinsville quadrangle1:62500
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Baptist Church of Camillus | 0.1 miles | 2001 |
 | Camillus Union Free School | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
 | Wilcox Octagon House | 1.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct | 1.7 miles | 1976 |
 | Martisco Station | 2.1 miles | 2007 |
 | Tefft-Steadman House | 3.9 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002836 in Record Group 79. |
| Onondaga County | All 178 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.