South Peterboro Street Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“South Peterboro Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Canastota in Madison County, New York. The district contains 20 contributing buildings, including the separately listed US Post Office-Canastota.”
Wikipedia article South Peterboro Street Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1986 · category: District.

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 20 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Roughly bounded by NY 76, Diamond St., Penn Central RR tracks, and Commerce Ave., Canastota, 13032
When was it listed? May 1986
Category. district
Also known as. Canastota Village MRA
Town. Lenox town
National Register reference number. 86001287 - 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

88 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of South Peterboro Street Commercial Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 16 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	42
Arson/incendiarism	16
Debris and open burning	14
Natural	9
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
27 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
16 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
18 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Peterboro Street Commercial Historic District: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Lincoln Gravel Bed	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Button & Worlock Quarries	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oxbow Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oxbow Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
West Stockbridge Hill Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canastota, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Canastota	1 killed, $250,000	Severe thunderstorms moved through the area during the mid afternoon of July 16, 2024. One of the storm cells moved through Canastota, NY producing a tornado touchdown between the Conrail railroad tracks and Barlow Street. The tornado was witnessed by town officials, residents and a video security camera on Canal Street as it moved to the east along Barlow and Railroad Streets. Severe damage occurred to multiple residences along Barlow Street with significant loss of roofs and roofing material as well as blowing out garage doors and windows. Two sheds were destroyed and multiple large diameter tree trunks and limbs were snapped. An 82 year old male \|succumbed to injuries sustained while he was outside as the tornado crossed Main \|Street. The tornado continued down Center Street causing further damage to trees, \|roofs and a few power poles. The tornado veered slightly to the northeast crossing\|the Old Erie Canal, causing additional tree damage and tearing a metal roof off of \|a pole bar along Canal Road. It then weakened and dissipated before striking a solar \|farm which sustained nearly no damage. The damage found along most of the tornado track was consistent with maximum wind speeds around 100 mph which is within the EF-1 category of the Enhanced Fujita scale.
June 2025	Flash Flood	Canastota	$100,000	Flooding on the New York State Thruway near Exit 34 resulted in multiple accidents. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$50,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$35,000	A thunderstorm rapidly became severe over northern portions of the county. Widespread wind damage was reported in Canastota, with the damage reports crossing into the town of Oneida shortly thereafter. Numerous trees and wires were downed in both localities. Two storage sheds were also damaged in Oneida with both a parked vehicle and camper heavily damaged from falling tree limbs.
August 2007	Hail	Canastota	$20,000	Hail was reported to be the size of peaches.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$10,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in many trees being knocked over Palmer Road.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$10,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$10,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$10,000	Multiple trees were blown down in village by thunderstorm winds.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$10,000	A line of severe thunderstorms moved across the county causing trees and power lines to come down between 2:35 and 2:40 pm EDT. Trees and wires were downed 5 miles south of Canastota in Lincoln Township and in Hubbardsville.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds snapped multiple trees in a yard.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$5,000	Trees and wires were blown down at Route 31 and Kelley Road.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$5,000	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$2,000	Trees were blown down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$2,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$1,000	A tree and power lines were taken down on Nelson Road, just south of Canastota.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$1,000	Trees were blown down.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	$500	no account filed
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	-	Public estimated the wind at 55 to 60 MPH, along with dime-sized hail.
May 2000	Hail	Canastota	-	Some minor street flooding was also reported with the hail from heavy rain.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Canastota	-	Trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds.
June 2016	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
August 2010	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Canastota	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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.

1895 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1946 USGS Canastota quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Canastota quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Utica 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
US Post Office-Canastota	under 500 feet	1988
Canal Town Museum	0.1 miles	1986
United Church of Canastota	0.1 miles	1986
Canastota Public Library	0.2 miles	1986
House at 115 South Main Street	0.2 miles	1986
South Peterboro Street Residential Historic District	0.2 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86001287 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison County	All 83 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.