Major's Inn and Gilbert Block

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.

From the record

“Major's Inn and Gilbert Block is a historic inn and tavern and commercial building at Gilbertsville in Otsego County, New York. The Gilbert Block consists of three 2-story attached brick commercial structures varying slightly in height in the Neo-Tudor Style.”
Wikipedia article Major's Inn and Gilbert Block, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Otsego County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Both sides of Commercial St. near NY 51, Gilbertsville, 13776
When was it listed? April 1973
Category. building
Town. Butternuts town
National Register reference number. 73001249 - 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

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Major's Inn and Gilbert Block between 1995 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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	18
Debris and open burning	4
Natural	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
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
25 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 July 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 May 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.1 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Major's Inn and Gilbert Block: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Number 17 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Plant Number 17	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this property

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbertsville, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2011	Flash Flood	Gilbertsville	$1,000,000	Scattered roads were washed out and floods were reported throughout the county.
June 2025	Flash Flood	Gilbertsville	$100,000	Numerous roads, bridges, and homes were flooded in and around the village.
April 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Gilbertsville	$100,000	A tornado touched down in woods near Route 51 between Mount Upton and Gilbertsville, producing EF0 damage until reaching Copes Corners Road where it strengthened to EF1, snapping and uprooting trees through a heavily wooded area. It moved up the hill and across the athletic fields of the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School. Here, it threw metal bleachers several hundred yards to the north. It also tore a press box off steel beams, hurled a railroad tie used in a parking lot over a hundred feet into a fence, broke off metal poles used for hanging netting, and bent a soccer goal back in the southward direction. The field was littered with small tree missiles pointing in both directions with a southward direction on the left side of the path. A portable toilet was lifted and dropped about a half mile away and some other light material was found almost a mile away. The tornado continued to the northeast passing south of Gilbertsville, with damage primarily to trees. The path continued to narrow and weaken, ending a couple miles east of Gilbertsville.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$50,000	The same severe thunderstorm that produced widespread wind damage in northern Broome and southern Chenango counties ripped through southern Otsego county. Again, wind damage was the main story. To the southwest of Gilbertsville, trees and wires were blown down across Route 18. Further to the east, many additional trees and utility poles were toppled in both Otego and Oneonta.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$20,000	no account filed
July 2021	Flash Flood	Gilbertsville	$15,000	Numerous roads were reported as washed out in the area, including State Route 8.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$7,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down or snapped approximately 15 trees.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Gilbertsville.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Gilbertsville	$5,000	Water was flowing across County Road 4 near Mill Street.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$5,000	Trees were blown down across the Town of Butternuts.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$5,000	Trees were blown down in Gilbertsville.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
March 2005	Flash Flood	Gilbertsville	$5,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$5,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced damaging winds.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$2,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along Reservoir Road.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires down.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed isolated trees and wires.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Town Line Road.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the road.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto Oregon Rd, blocking most of the roadway.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	-	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in a large branch being knocked down.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	-	A tree was blown down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbertsville	-	Several trees up to 2 feet in diameter were blown down.
May 2014	Hail	Gilbertsville	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Gilbertsville	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Gilbertsville	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Gilbertsville	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Gilbertsville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otsego 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.

1915 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1943 USGS Gilbertsville quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1945 USGS Gilbertsville quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Gilbertsville Historic District	under 500 feet	1974
Gilbertsville Historic District (Boundary Increase)	0.2 miles	1982
Tianderah	0.8 miles	1978
Gilbertsville Water Works	1.4 miles	2011
All Saints Chapel and Morris Family Burial Ground	3.3 miles	1997
St. Stephen's Chapel	4.4 miles	2021

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73001249 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Otsego County	All 79 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.