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One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer County · listed in 2021 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Library Bureau-Remington Rand-Sperry UNIVAC Manufacturing Complex
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.
The listing
- Address. 7 Spruce St., Ilion, 13357
- When was it listed? February 2021
- Category. district
- Town. German Flatts town
- National Register reference number. 100006144 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
85 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Library Bureau-Remington Rand-Sperry UNIVAC Manufacturing Complex between 2002 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 Library Bureau-Remington Rand-Sperry UNIVAC Manufacturing Complex: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bono Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ferdula Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
29 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ilion, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Ilion | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Ilion | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Ilion | $33,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Ilion | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | $9,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Flood | Ilion | $1,000 | Photos were received of water flowing over East Main Street at Orchard Street in the Village of Ilion. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | A local trained weather spotter reported multiple trees down on wires in Ilion on Maple Place due to an outflow boundary from previous thunderstorms. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | Local fire department reported multiple trees down blocking NYS Route 5 going westbound. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | A building partially collapsed on Spruce Street in the Village of Ilion. |
| April 2022 | Flood | Ilion | - | Several roads were closed in the Town of Mohawk due to flooding. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | A tree was downed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | Trees were downed blocking West River Street. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | Wires were reported down on North Street in Ilion due to thunderstorm winds. Trees were also reported down in Ilion as well. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Ilion | - | New York State Route 5S in Mohawk was closed as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | A trained spotter reported a tree down and on a house as result of thunderstorm winds in Ilion. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Ilion | - | Numerous roads were closed in Mohawk due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Water rescues and evacuations took place across the entire town. The hardest hit areas were along the Fulmer Creek. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Ilion. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | A tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds on East North Street in Ilion. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | Trees were reported down in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Ilion | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Ilion. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | Large tree limbs and wires were reported down in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ilion | - | Law enforcement personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down over a widespread area in the vicinity of Ilion. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Ilion | - | Law enforcement personnel reported that around 200 people were evacuated from Ilion, Dolgeville, Mohawk, and Frankfort due to flooding. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Ilion | - | An emergency manager reported that Fulmer Creek flooded a trailer park in German Flatts, about 5 miles southeast of Ilion. Twelve homes were evacuated. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ilion | - | 1-inch hail observed in South Ilion. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Ilion | - | Flooding occurred along Acme Road. |
| May 2004 | Hail | North Ilion | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1898 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Utica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | US Post Office-Ilion | 0.4 miles | 1989 |
 | First United Methodist Church | 0.5 miles | 2003 |
 | Remington Stables | 0.5 miles | 1976 |
 | Thomas Richardson House | 0.6 miles | 1984 |
 | Palatine German Frame House | 0.7 miles | 2004 |
| Oak Hill Cemetery | 1.4 miles | 2013 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006144 in Record Group 79. |
| Herkimer County | All 74 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.