BlockFrom the record
One of 114 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2021 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Westport Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
The listing
- Address. Generally Champlain Ave., Main, Sisco, and Washington Sts., Westport, 12993
- When was it listed? May 2021
- Category. district
- Town. Westport town
- National Register reference number. 100006513 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1894 to 1999The ground this property stands on, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
50 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Westport Historic District between 1996 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 | 22 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Westport Historic District: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown-Westport Area | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Split Rock Mine | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Split Rock Mine | Iron, Titanium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Splitrock Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1885, 1890 | |
| Tupper Lake Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Westport Area | Titanium, Metal, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Westport Area Prospect | Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Campbell Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1845, 1852 |
Storms near this property
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westport, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $125,000 | Extensive tree damage in Westport, including Stevenson road. Numerous trees snapped or uprooted onto utility lines, homes and other structures. Utility reported at least 40 poles needed to be replaced. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $25,000 | Barn roof torn off along with significant tree and light structural damage at Camp Dudley. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $25,000 | Trees downed throughout Westport, including Main Street near the County Fairgrounds. Trees and power lines down along Route 9N/22. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $10,000 | Power lines and trees down along Route 22. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $10,000 | Multiple trees down along Lakeshore Drive. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $10,000 | Several trees and branches reported down along Route 9N just south of Westport. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $5,000 | Tree on powerlines on Ledge Hill Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $5,000 | Trees downed by thunderstorm winds on Worman Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $5,000 | Large maple tree and other smaller trees down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $5,000 | Numerous tree branches and several trees down...including damage to a vehicle along Route 22 just south of Westport. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $5,000 | Powerlines and large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds in Westport. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $5,000 | A warm front moved northeast through northern New York during the early morning hours of July 9th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the area. Thunderstorm winds downed powerlines in Gouverneur and trees and powerlines in Wadhams and Westport. In Canton lightning started a fire which destroyed a garage and three cars. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westport | $1,000 | Several tree branches snapped by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Westport | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1894 USGS Port Henry quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Port Henry quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
- 1945 USGS Port Henry quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Port Henry quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Westport quadrangle1:25000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Westport quadrangle1:25000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lake View Grange No. 970 | 0.7 miles | 2013 |
 | Essex County Fairgrounds | 0.7 miles | 2005 |
 | Camp Dudley Road Historic District | 2.0 miles | 1993 |
 | First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport | 3.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Essex County Home and Farm | 5.6 miles | 1982 |
| North-Sprague Farm | 6.1 miles | 2020 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006513 in Record Group 79. |
| Essex County | All 114 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.