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Photograph of Port Jervis station
Photograph by Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Erie Railroad Station

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.

From the record

“Port Jervis station is a defunct commuter railroad station in the eponymous city of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. Located at Jersey Avenue in Port Jervis, the station serviced trains of the Erie Railroad on its main line and its successor, the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.”

Wikipedia article Port Jervis station (Erie Railroad), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1980 · 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. Jersey Ave. and Fowler St., Port Jervis, 12771
  • When was it listed? April 1980
  • Category. building
  • City. Port Jervis city
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 80002739 - 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.

Then and now

1906 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Erie Railroad Station, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Erie Railroad Station, surveyed 1906

Fires near this property

268 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Erie Railroad Station between 1994 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined116
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Smoking17
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes5

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2016Other causesunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Erie Railroad Station: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Delaware Valley Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Port Jervis Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sandford Nearpass QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1868, 1900
William Nearpass QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1868, 1900

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Jervis, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 lightning. 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
May 2000LightningPort Jervis1 hurtno account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis$5,000Multiple reports of downed tree limbs and power lines across Port Jervis.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis$4,000Large tree down in front of the Port Jervis Fire Department.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis$3,000Multiple trees and wires were reported down across the town, especially near Main Street and the Acre neighborhood.
June 2020HailPort Jervis-Hail just smaller than a golf ball reported by the Port Jervis Police on East Main Street at Jersey Avenue.
September 2012Flash FloodPort Jervis-Heavy rain resulted in ponding of water 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 ft. high in the streets of the 4th ward of Port Jervis, which caused basement flooding in several homes. The department of public works reported 3.25 inches of rainfall in an hour.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-Port Jervis police reported multiple trees down across the city of Port Jervis.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-Law enforcement reported downed trees and power lines.
June 2005HailPort Jervis-Quarter size hail in Port Jervis, Middletown, and Pine Island between 1:50 pm and 2:05 pm local daylight time.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-A line of thunderstorms entered Orange county around 3:11 pm local time around the town of Port Jervis, downing trees and power lines. The line proceeded to the east, knocking down trees and power lines countywide through about 3:45 pm local time.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-A trained spotter reported trees down due to high winds in Port Jervis. Law enforcement officials reported downed trees and power lines in Walden at 16:15 EST.
September 2004Flash FloodPort Jervis-Torrential rains resulted in flash flooding on nearly all roads in Port Jervis. A state of Emergency was declared by the Mayor.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-Law Enforcement reported that large tree branches and power lines were knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-no account filed
May 1998HailPort Jervis-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodPort Jervis-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPort Jervis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

14 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
US Post Office-Port Jervis0.2 miles1989
Fort Decker0.7 miles1974
Huguenot Schoolhouse4.5 miles1997
Neversink Valley Grange No. 15304.6 miles2013
Gumaer Cemetery6.0 miles2017
Gumaer Cemetery6.0 miles2017

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80002739 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 187 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.