Music Hall

Built in 1885 (Art Nouveau architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“The Music Hall, in Tarrytown, New York, United States, is located on West Main Street downtown. It is a brick structure in the Queen Anne architectural style erected in the late 19th century.”
Wikipedia article Tarrytown Music Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1885, Art Nouveau 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
Address. 11 Main St., Tarrytown, 10591
When was it listed? February 1980
Category. building
Town. Greenburgh town
When was it built? 1885
Architectural style. Art Nouveau architecture
National Register reference number. 80002795 - 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

745 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 745 fires within 5 miles of Music Hall between 2000 and 2020, burning about 961 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 53 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	425
Natural	79
Smoking	60
Recreation and ceremony	54
Arson/incendiarism	53
Debris and open burning	29
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Power generation/transmission/distribution	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Other causes	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
9 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Music Hall: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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
Dobbs Ferry Plant	Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum	Producer
Sing Sing Ag Mine	Lead, Silver, Iron, Copper	Past Producer
Sing Sing Silver Mine	Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Sparta Copper Deposit	Copper, Lead	Occurrence
(Facility) Chester Metals Division Refinery	Silver	Plant
Sparkill Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Sparkill Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ackerman's Limonite Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Limonite
Ackerman's Limonite Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Ackerman's Limonite Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this property

14 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarrytown, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 6 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
September 2021	Flash Flood	Tarrytown	1 killed	The body of a 69 year old man was found near Route 119 near the Mario Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown not far from where his car was found submerged.
July 2006	Tornado (F2)	Tarrytown	6 hurt, $10,100,000	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Tarrytown	$3,000	Downed trees on Interstate 87 northbound at exit 9.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Tarrytown	$2,000	Multiple large branches were reported down near Tappan Zee Bridge.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Tarrytown	$1,500	Multiple trees and wires reported down on Park avenue in Tarrytown.
October 2017	Flood	Tarrytown	-	Broadway was closed due to flooding between Prospect Avenue and Benedict Avenue in Tarrytown.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Tarrytown	-	In Tarrytown, Rt. 9 was closed at McKeel Ave. from the road buckling due to flooding.
August 2011	Flash Flood	North Tarrytown	-	The public reported street and basement flash flooding in Philipse Manor. There were also public reports of road closures along Route 9 due to flash flooding in Croton On Hudson.
June 2011	Funnel Cloud	Tarrytown	-	A funnel cloud was seen just to the southwest of Tarrytown.
August 2011	Hail	North Tarrytown	-	Quarter size hail was reported in Philipse Manor.
March 2009	Hail	Tarrytown	-	Quarter size hail was reported in Tarrytown.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Tarrytown	-	A gust of 63 mph was measured at a mesonet site located near the east end of the Tappen Zee Bridge.
July 2008	Flash Flood	North Tarrytown	-	Route 9 at Gordon Ave. in Tarrytown was impassable due to flooding.
September 2004	Flash Flood	Tarrytown	-	Major flash flooding was the cause of several road closures.

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

15 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.

1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
1932 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
1938 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1947 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000 - 3 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
North Grove Street Historic District	0.1 miles	1979
Christ Episcopal Church	0.1 miles	1987
First Baptist Church and Rectory	0.1 miles	1983
Foster Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church	0.3 miles	1982
Patriot's Park	0.3 miles	1982
Edward Harden Mansion	0.4 miles	2004

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80002795 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Westchester County	All 250 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.