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One of 63 National Register listings published here for Steuben County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Village of Hammondsport Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Address. Bauder Ave, Church St., Curtiss Ave, Davis Ave, Grape St., Lake St., Liberty St., Main St., Mechanic St., Myrtle Ave, Orchard St., Pulteney St., Shethar St., Thorpe St., Vine St., Water St, Wheeler Ave, William St., Hammondsport, 14840
- When was it listed? December 2024
- Category. district
- Town. Urbana town
- National Register reference number. 100009603 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
52 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Village of Hammondsport Historic District between 1998 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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 | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | PIGTAIL FIRE #2 |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | URBANA FIRE |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 Village of Hammondsport Historic District: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.Champlin No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Winding Stairs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Winding Stairs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammondsport, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Hammondsport | $165,000 | County Route 87 was closed due to severe flooding. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $10,000 | Trees and wires were blown down across the road. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Hammondsport | $5,000 | Flash flooding closed roads near the intersection of County Route 87 and State Route 54 in the Town of Urbana. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Hammondsport | $5,000 | Flash flooding closed roads near the intersection of County Route 87 and State Route 54 in the Town of Urbana. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $2,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a 10 inch diameter tree being knocked over the road. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hammondsport | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hammondsport | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hammondsport | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1903 USGS Hammondsport quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hammondsport quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hornell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hammondsport Union Free School | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Mallory Mill | 0.2 miles | 1999 |
 | Pulteney Square Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1999 |
 | Timothy M. Younglove Octagon House | 0.9 miles | 2002 |
 | Germania Wine Cellars | 1.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Pleasant Valley Wine Company | 1.5 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009603 in Record Group 79. |
| Steuben County | All 63 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.