Downtown Gloversville Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“The Downtown Gloversville Historic District is a national historic district located in Gloversville, Fulton County, New York. It is roughly bounded by Spring, Prospect, West and East Fulton, North and South Main, and Elm Streets.”
Wikipedia article Downtown Gloversville Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 25 National Register listings published here for Fulton County · listed in 1985 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by Spring, Prospect, E. Fulton, N. and S. Main and Elm Sts., Gloversville, 12078
When was it listed? September 1985
Category. district
City. Gloversville city
National Register reference number. 85002367 - 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

298 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Downtown Gloversville Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 37 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	149
Debris and open burning	39
Arson/incendiarism	37
Natural	25
Smoking	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Recreation and ceremony	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7

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 2001	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
8 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2007	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.6 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Downtown Gloversville Historic District: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Crystal Grove Diamond Mine	Gemstone	Producer	1955
Santos Construction Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this property

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gloversville, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 33 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flash flood. 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
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$1,000,000	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$100,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$70,000	no account filed
July 2000	Flash Flood	Gloversville	$51,000	no account filed
July 2014	Lightning	Gloversville	$35,000	A lightning strike was reported to have caused a fire to a home at 14 Temple Street in Gloversville. The home's roof sustained heavy damage as a result of the fire. Most of the top section of the house was also destroyed, although firefighters were able to prevent it from spreading to other houses.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$15,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$12,000	no account filed
July 2007	Heavy Rain	Gloversville	$10,000	Heavy rainfall from several clusters of thunderstorms led to minor flooding in portions of Gloversville. Several roads were closed, including Second Avenue, outside of the Boulevard Elementary School, due to approximately 2 feet of standing water.\|\|In addition, the Boulevard Elementary School sustained water damage as high water levels led to water infiltration through temporary windows, which were not completely sealed. This allowed approximately 1 foot of water to enter the basement, damaging water heaters and other stored items such as textbooks.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$10,000	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$9,000	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Gloversville	$5,000	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$5,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$5,000	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$4,000	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$3,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$2,000	no account filed
August 1998	Lightning	Gloversville	$2,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	$1,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	A large tree limb fell onto wires on the corner of Grand and West Street in Gloversville knocking out power to the area.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	A tree was downed onto a house near the intersection of 5th Avenue and Helwig Street.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees were downed across Fifth Avenue.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	There were two reports of trees on wires in Gloversville.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees and wires were reported down on Dean Street in Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	A tree was downed near Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees and wires were reported down.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	A tree was reported down and on a house on Bloomingdale Avenue in Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees were reported down at the intersection of Forest Street and Montgomery Street in Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees were reported down on Lark Street in Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds. The road was impassable due to the downed trees.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Multiple trees and wires were reported down throughout Gloversville as a result of thunderstorm winds. One of trees was blocking a road as well.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	A tree was reported down and on a house due to thunderstorm winds in Gloversville.
May 2012	Hail	Gloversville	-	Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Gloversville.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Numerous trees were reported down in Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Gloversville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Hail	Gloversville	-	Quarter size hail was reported in Gloversville during a thunderstorm.\|\|The large hail damaged tree fruits, berries and vegetables near Gloversville, and across other areas within Fulton County. Total preliminary crop damage estimates from the hail in Fulton County were approximately $19.1 thousand.
June 2007	Heavy Rain	Gloversville	-	Heavy rain from intense thunderstorms led to ponding of water on some streets in Gloversville.
July 2007	Hail	Gloversville	-	Penny size hail was reported in Gloversville.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees were blown in the north end of Gloversville.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	A few trees down across the County.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Trees were blown down and power lines were knocked down county-wide.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Gloversville	-	Section of Rt 10 closed due to torrential rains washing out a culvert.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Gloversville	-	Numerous trees and power lines down. Roof blown off house on Bleeker Street.

Every storm recorded in Fulton County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1903 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1943 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:62500
1945 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1963 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Gloversville 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
First United Methodist Church	under 500 feet	1998
Gloversville Free Library	0.1 miles	1976
Gustav Levor House	0.2 miles	2005
Gloversville Armory	0.3 miles	1995
Kingsboro Historic District	1.2 miles	1975
Log Cabin Church	2.7 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85002367 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fulton County	All 25 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.