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Wilder Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Wilder Building is a historic office building located in Rochester, New York. It is an eleven-story steel or iron framed brick clad structure built between 1887 and 1888 in a modified Romanesque style.”

Wikipedia article Wilder Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1985 · 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. 1 E. Main St., Rochester, 14614
  • When was it listed? October 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Inner Loop MRA
  • City. Rochester city
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • Architect. Andrew Jackson Warner
  • National Register reference number. 85002863 - 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

2,577 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,577 fires within 5 miles of Wilder Building between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,642 acres in total. 171 started naturally. 291 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/undetermined1177
Smoking631
Arson/incendiarism291
Natural171
Debris and open burning104
Equipment and vehicle use101
Misuse of fire by a minor50
Power generation/transmission/distribution30
Recreation and ceremony17
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Wilder Building: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Aluminum. 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
Gates QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howard & Bowen Corp/Rochester, N.Y.SilverUnknown
Rochester Smelt & Ref/Rochester, NyAluminumPlant

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this property

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rochester, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 28 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 7 hail, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 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
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRochester1 killed, 1 hurt, $55,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodRochester$500,000no account filed
August 2004Flash FloodRochester$200,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodRochester$100,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodRochester$100,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodRochester$45,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRochester$40,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindRochester$35,000no account filed
August 1998Flash FloodRochester$35,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRochester$30,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRochester$25,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindRochester$25,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindRochester$25,000no account filed
August 1998Flash FloodRochester$22,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindRochester$20,000no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindRochester$20,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRochester$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRochester$15,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRochester$15,000no account filed
May 2003HailRochester$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRochester$15,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRochester$10,000Tree fell on a house in Rochester.
August 2014HailRochester$10,000no account filed
June 2013FloodEast Rochester$10,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRochester$10,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRochester$8,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRochester$5,000Several reports of trees and powerlines down were received in Irondequoit.
September 2010HailRochester$5,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindRochester$5,000no account filed
May 2006HailRochester$3,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindRochester$2,000Trees and wires downed.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Rochester$2,000Power pole broken and lines down on Glazer Dr.
April 2008HailRochester$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRochester$1,000A light pole was downed on Lake Avenue in Rochester.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEast Rochester$1,000A tree was reported down onto power lines on the 900 block of South Washington.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRochester$1,000Tree and wire down on Garland Avenue.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRochester$1,000Trees and wires down on Maple Street.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRochester$1,000Trees and wires down on Campbell Street.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Rochester$500Very large tree downed on Crestline Dr.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Rochester$500Large tree down blocking the eastbound lanes of NY Route 441.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindEast Rochester$500A large tree was reported down in East Rochester via Twitter.
June 2025Flash FloodRochester-Numerous reports of flooded roads and flooded underpasses in Rochester.
August 2023Flash FloodRochester-A car was stuck in a sinkhole along St. Paul Boulevard between Paxon Road and Wimbledon Road. There were widespread reports of standing water on roads from Greece to the western portions of Rochester.
October 2021FloodEast Rochester-Flooding was reported in the low lying areas along the Irondequoit Creek between Ellison Park and Powder Mills Park.
May 2014HailRochester-no account filed
June 2009HailRochester-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe County

Maps showing this location

12 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
Reynolds Arcadeunder 500 feet1985
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company Complexunder 500 feet2021
Powers Buildingunder 500 feet1973
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company Complexunder 500 feet2021
First National Bank of Rochester-Old Monroe County Savings Bank Buildingunder 500 feet1985
Gannett Buildingunder 500 feet1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002863 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Monroe CountyAll 233 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.