Erwin Library and Pratt House

Built in 1875 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Erwin Library and Pratt House is a historic library building and house located in Boonville in Oneida County, New York. The library building was built in 1890 of rock-faced local limestone with a square tower at the entrance.”
Wikipedia article Erwin Library and Pratt House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 90 National Register listings published here for Oneida County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1875, Romanesque Revival architecture.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 104 and 106 Schuyler St., Boonville, 13309
When was it listed? August 1973
Category. building
Town. Boonville town
When was it built? 1875
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 73001228 - 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Erwin Library and Pratt House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 6 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	17
Debris and open burning	9
Natural	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
3 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 August 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
5 July 2020	Smoking	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	GOLDEN ROAD FIRE
3 July 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Erwin Library and Pratt House: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Boonville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Boonville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Boonville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Boonville Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Boonville Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Boonville Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Thomas Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this property

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boonville, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$50,000	no account filed
July 2005	Flash Flood	Boonville	$20,000	Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused localized flash flooding in the towns of Boonville and Ava. Roads and basements were flooded. County route 294 was flooded and closed west of the village of Boonville into the town of Ava. Water was up to the top of cars in this area. Mill Creek was flooding the Boonville fairgrounds. Some homes had water up to the first floor. A rainfall spotter in Boonville reported 3.65 inches of rain. Radar rainfall estimates were up to 4.5 inches.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$18,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree, utility pole and wires down on Lansing Place.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires on East Road.
November 2006	Flash Flood	Boonville	$10,000	Spotter reported 1.75 inches of rain in 15 minutes at Delta Lake. Flooding reported in Clinton.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires on Potato Hill Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$3,000	Trees were blown down.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down on wires.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree across NY 46 between Jackson Hill Road and Homes Road.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$1,000	Trees and wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$1,000	no account filed
January 2018	Flood	Boonville	-	Flooding along Mill Creek and Merry Hill Road was approximately 8 inches deep across both lanes of the roadway.
May 2014	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

1904 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1945 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

4 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
US Post Office-Boonville	under 500 feet	1988
Boonville Historic District	0.4 miles	1979
Black River Canal Warehouse	0.5 miles	2003
Five Lock Combine and Locks 37 and 38, Black River Canal	5.7 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73001228 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oneida County	All 90 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.