Hornell Public Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.

From the record

“Hornell Public Library is a historic library building located at Hornell in Steuben County, New York, USA. It was designed in 1908 and dedicated in 1911, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.”
Wikipedia article Hornell Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Steuben County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 64 Genesee St., Hornell, 14843
When was it listed? February 1975
Category. building
Town. Hornellsville town
National Register reference number. 75001230 - 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

151 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Hornell Public Library between 1994 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 22 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	86
Arson/incendiarism	22
Smoking	14
Natural	11
Debris and open burning	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
5 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	3.1 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	1.4 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 Hornell Public Library: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
	State Source	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Wickham Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this property

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hornell, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	2 hurt, $2,000	Trees and wires were downed in Hornell and North Hornell. 600 customers lost electric power. Two people were injured from a falling tree branch in Hornell at the corner of Main and Collier Streets. The male victim suffered a shoulder injury while the female victim suffered head and neck injuries. The woman was treated and released at the hospital. In Bath a tree fell on a barn and another tree fell on County Route 24. A tree also fell in Almond.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$125,000	A fast moving line of thunderstorms intensified to severe limits as it pushed east-southeastward across the county early in the afternoon. Widespread wind damage was the result. Numerous trees and wires were downed in Hornell as the storm moved through that area just after 100 pm EDT. Thereafter, the storms continued to leave a legacy of downed trees and power lines through Howard and Cameron Townships. Around 130 pm EDT, severe thunderstorms ripped through the town of Corning. The north side of town was hardest hit with dozens of trees toppled and some minor structural damage inflicted to homes from falling tree limbs.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$15,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in multiple trees being knocked down across the area.
May 1998	Hail	Hornell	$15,000	A severe thunderstorm moving across the county produced large hail ranging from 3/4 to 1 3/4 inches in diameter in Hornell, Addison, and Andover between 4:20 and 4:27 pm EDT. Several automobiles had cracked or smashed windows from the falling hailstones near Andover as sizes grew to that of a golf ball.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds resulted in multiple reports of trees knocked down. A tree also fell down onto a residence.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$10,000	A severe thunderstorm moved across the county during the early afternoon. Trees and wires were blown down in Hornell and Atlanta at 2:15 pm EDT.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$10,000	A line of thunderstorms moved southward into the county and briefly intensified to severe limits. Strong wind gusts toppled trees and power lines in and around Hornell.
May 2025	Flash Flood	South Hornell	$5,000	County Route 68 at Honey Run Road was closed due to water over roadway.
July 2025	Flash Flood	Hornell	$5,000	Flooding of several roads and streets was reported around the intersection of State Route 36 and County Route 21.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees across Hornell.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree, which blocked County Road 68.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hornell	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a roadway near 6138 County Road 29.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a few trees being knocked over. One tree blocked a portion of a roadway.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Hornell	$3,000	Several roads were flooded in the city with water reported to be near homes.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$3,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a few trees being knocked over. One tree blocked a portion of a roadway.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	North Hornell	$2,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees near I-86 and County Route 21.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hornell	$2,000	A large tree was blown down on Flanagan Road.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hornell	$2,000	A tree was blown down, blocking Beecher Road.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$2,000	An 80 foot tree was blown down.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$1,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked trees over which blocked roadways.
December 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	$1,000	Several trees were knocked down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hornell	-	Numerous trees and wires were blown down in Hornellsville by thunderstorm winds.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	-	Numerous large tree branches were broken.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hornell	-	Numerous limbs were blown down in the Cunningham Creek area.
June 2008	Hail	Hornell	-	Penny size and one inch hail was also reported from this storm.
June 2008	Hail	Hornell	-	One inch hail was also reported with this storm.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	-	Tree down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	-	Law enforncement reported a tree blown down by thunderstorm winds.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	-	Newspaper reports indicate that part of a tree was blown onto power lines by thunderstorm winds.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	-	Tree down from thunderstorm winds.
August 2000	Lightning	Hornell	-	Lightning strikes kocked out power to 650 people in and around Almond, 5 miles west of Hornell.
May 2012	Hail	Hornell	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Hornell	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Hornell	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	South Hornell	-	no account filed
October 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hornell	-	no account filed
September 1996	Hail	Hornell	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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 Hornell quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1978 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Hornell 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
Temple Beth-El	0.1 miles	2016
St. Ann's Federation Building	0.2 miles	2001
Adsit House	0.3 miles	2003
Hornell Armory	0.3 miles	1980
Lincoln School	0.9 miles	2015
Canisteo Living Sign	4.8 miles	2004

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 75001230 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.