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One of 83 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Morrisville Engine House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 93 East Main St., Morrisville, 13408
- When was it listed? August 2020
- Category. building
- Town. Eaton town
- National Register reference number. 100005481 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
64 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Morrisville Engine House between 2000 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 13 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 | 27 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Morrisville Engine House: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Graham No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Melvin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Munnsville Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrisville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Morrisville | $50,000 | Water was flowing through the Key Bank in the downtown area. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $15,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and poles. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $6,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires. A roof was ripped off a shed. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Morrisville | $5,000 | Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms caused widespread flooding across the county. Several roads were washed out in Lenox and Lincoln Townships. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $2,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a couple of trees in the town of Eaton. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $1,000 | Large limbs and wires down |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | $1,000 | Trees down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrisville | - | Large branches were broken off by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Morrisville | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
8 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.
- 1902 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000 - 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Morrisville Public Library | under 500 feet | 2005 |
 | Old Madison County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1978 |
 | First National Bank of Morrisville | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Coolidge Stores Building | 4.6 miles | 2001 |
 | Chenango Canal Summit Level | 4.9 miles | 2005 |
 | Smithfield Presbyterian Church | 5.2 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005481 in Record Group 79. |
| Madison County | All 83 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.