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One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lewis County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1911.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 16 structuress, 8 buildingss, 4 objectss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Railway corridor from Lowville to Croghan, New York, Lowville, 13327
- When was it listed? November 2024
- Category. district
- Town. Croghan town
- National Register reference number. 100010982 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
45 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District between 1995 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 3 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croghan Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Croghan Plant | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Croghan Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lehman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyndaker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Bremen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
50 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowville, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 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 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | West Lowville | $250,000 | A NWS survey team confirmed an EF1 tornado. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Lowville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Lowville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Lowville | $13,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Lowville | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | Widespread reports received of trees and wires down. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | Multiple reports of trees down in Lowville were received, including on West State St, Eugene St, Bostwick St, and Stewart St. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Lowville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Lowville | $8,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Lowville | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $5,000 | Thunderstorms crossed the region during the early morning hours. The thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Lowville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in the Town of Lowville. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed on Park Ave. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed on State Route 177. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed near the intersection of West Road and Gardner Road. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down in Lowville. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported downed. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Lowville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Lowville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | $500 | Tree downed in Lowville. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | Water flowing over several streets in Lowville. Rainfall of 2.32 inches from 1:00 pm to 3:24 pm EDT. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | Deep water flowing over Markowski Road. Traffic unable to drive through. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | North State Street was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | Several roads in the Town of Lowville flooded, including East State Street, Hemlock Drive, and North State Street. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | Hemlock Drive and Ross Road were closed due to deep water flowing over the road. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | Several inches of water inside Lowville Academy. Athletic fields under water. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | Collins Street flooded, deep water flowing through neighborhood. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lowville | - | Turin Road flooded. Several cars stranded in high water. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | - | Cable line downed on Sharp Street. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Lowville | - | Rainfall since 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC): 4.94 inches. |
| August 2024 | Flood | Lowville | - | Minor flooding on some roads in Lowville. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lowville | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowville | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lowville | - | 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.
- 1911 USGS Lowville quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Lowville quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Croghan quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basselin House | under 500 feet | 2022 | |
 | Croghan Island Mill | 0.4 miles | 2010 |
| Harry and Molly Lewis House | 1.7 miles | 2012 | |
| Beaver Falls Grange Hall No. 554 | 2.0 miles | 2015 | |
| Moser Farm | 3.0 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010982 in Record Group 79. |
| Lewis County | All 50 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.