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H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant is a historic factory located at Lyons in Wayne County, New York. The remaining two story commercial building is an example of a small frame structure featuring a double storefront with modest ornamentation.”

Wikipedia article H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1987 · 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.
  • Listed as. Hotchkiss, H. G., Essential Oil Company Plant - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 93--95 Water St., Lyons, 14489
  • When was it listed? November 1987
  • Category. building
  • Town. Lyons town
  • National Register reference number. 87001897 - 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

78 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant between 2001 and 2019, burning about 69 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Alloway No.1 WellSaltProspect
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyons, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
September 1998Thunderstorm WindLyons$5,000,000no account filed
May 2014Flash FloodLyons$75,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLyons$50,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLyons$15,000A large trees downed by thunderstorm winds fell on a house.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLyons$15,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLyons$15,000An isolated severe thunderstorm moved across Wayne county during the pre-dawn hours producing damaging winds that downed trees and power lines in the town of Lyons.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLyons$15,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLyons$15,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLyons$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLyons$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindLyons$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLyons$10,000Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLyons$10,000Rochester media reported trees down.
June 2008HailLyons$8,000no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodLyons$8,000no account filed
July 2011HailLyons$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLyons$4,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLyons$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLyons$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLyons$2,000Trees and power lines were downed in Lyons.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLyons$1,000Trees downed in the Town of Lyons.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLyons$500Tree down on Jackson Street in Lyons.
August 2024Flash FloodLyons-A few roads closed in Lyons due to Flash Flooding.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLyons-Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

Maps showing this location

8 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
Broad Street-Water Street Historic Districtunder 500 feet1973
US Post Office-Lyons0.2 miles1989
Lyons Downtown Historic District0.2 miles2018
Grace Episcopal Church Complex0.4 miles1994
Dipper Dredge No. 31.2 miles2007
Towar-Ennis Farmhouse and Barn Complex2.7 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87001897 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne CountyAll 40 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.