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Photograph of Union Hotel
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Union Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

One of 144 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Main and Ray Sts., Sackets Harbor, 13685
  • When was it listed? June 1972
  • Category. building
  • Town. Hounsfield town
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 72000849 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

86 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Union Hotel between 2002 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined42
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning9
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sackets Harbor, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor1 hurtTree damage in Sackets Harbor. At least 1 tree fell on a house with injuries.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$15,000Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$15,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$12,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$10,000no account filed
August 2005HailSackets Harbor$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in Sackets Harbor.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$2,000Several trees and wires were reported down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$500A tree was downed on Military Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$500A tree was downed along Route 3.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor-Reports of numerous trees and wires down from both social media and law enforcement across Sackets Harbor. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor-NWS Storm Survey revealed downburst wind damage from 7/16 in the Village of Sackets Harbor, Town of Hounsfield, Pillar Point, and the Town of Brownville. Maximum wind estimated at 80 mph. Damage length of 3.0 miles. Damage width of 4000 yards.
July 2010HailSackets Harbor-no account filed
July 2010HailSackets Harbor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Sackets Harbor Village Historic District0.2 miles1983
Elisha Camp House0.3 miles1973
Sackets Harbor Battlefield0.5 miles1974
Madison Barracks0.7 miles1974
Shore Farm1.1 miles1989
Dr. Samuel Guthrie House1.5 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000849 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 144 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.
  • 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.