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Photograph of Hawkins Hall
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Hawkins Hall

Built in 1932. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.

From the record

“Hawkins Hall is a historic institutional building located on the campus of State University of New York at Plattsburgh at Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York, USA. It was designed by the state architect William E.”

Wikipedia article Hawkins Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 53 National Register listings published here for Clinton County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1932.

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. Beekman St., Plattsburgh, 12901
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Plattsburgh City MRA
  • City. Plattsburgh city
  • When was it built? 1932
  • National Register reference number. 82001106 - 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

314 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins Hall between 1995 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined189
Arson/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning19
Natural16
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Hawkins Hall: 18 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Clinton Co High, Dept. QuarryStonePast ProducerSurface
PlattsburgChromium, Osmium, Copper, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, PlatinumOccurrence1880
Barcomb DevelopmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Darrah PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rugar Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bluff Point QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #1Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #2Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Plattsburgh Quarry #3Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plattsburgh, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$500,000Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds across Cumberland Head and local state park as well as damaged docks and boats at the Treadwell marina. Several trees and large branches fell on camp sites within state park with only a few minor injuries reported.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$250,000Numerous trees down...damaged roofs and power poles across North Plattsburgh and East Beekmantown including Moffitt, Pardy roads and State Route 9.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$50,000Numerous trees reported down throughout Plattsburgh as well as power lines. Very heavy rainfall caused some localized street flooding in poor drainage areas.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$50,000Numerous trees down across Plattsburgh, that have fallen onto power lines and some structures.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$25,000Trees down, wind gusts estimated to 70 mph and quarter size hail reported (and videotaped) by local television station situated along Route 9 about 1 mile north-northeast of Plattsburgh.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$20,000Several reports of trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds in Plattsburgh.
August 2007HailPlattsburgh$20,000Nickel size hail and estimated 60 mph or higher wind gusts with numerous branches knocked down reported and videotaped by local television station.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$15,000Several trees down in the Plattsburgh area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$10,000Numerous trees down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$10,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$10,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodPlattsburgh$10,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$10,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$5,000Large temporary wall at construction site of downtown building knocked down during thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$5,000Large branches and power pole down on Lake Breeze Drive.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$5,000no account filed
May 2005HailPlattsburgh$1,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh$1,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh-Multiple reports of trees and wires down in Plattburgh and Beekmantown.
August 2024HailPlattsburgh-Dime size hail reported along with more than an inch of rain in 20 minutes.
June 2012HailPlattsburgh-Penny size hail reported by Clinton county EM.
July 2010Heavy RainPlattsburgh-Heavy rain fell in the city of Plattsburgh NY. There were reports of widespread street flooding as storm drains were overwhelmed by the runoff.
July 2009HailPlattsburgh-Numerous reports of nickel to quarter size hail reported in the Plattsburgh vicinity.
May 2006HailPlattsburgh-no account filed
July 2005HailPlattsburgh-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPlattsburgh-no account filed
July 2004HailPlattsburgh-no account filed
August 1997HailPlattsburgh-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton County

Maps showing this location

11 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
S. F. Vilas Home for Aged & Infirmed Ladies0.1 miles1982
William Bailey House0.3 miles1982
Court Street Historic District0.3 miles1983
Winslow-Turner Carriage House0.4 miles1982
John B. Carpenter House0.4 miles1982
W. W. Hartwell House & Dependencies0.4 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001106 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clinton CountyAll 53 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.