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US Post Office-Newark

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“US Post Office-Newark is an historic post office building located at Newark in Wayne County, New York. It was designed and built in 1911-1913 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, James Knox Taylor.”

Wikipedia article United States Post Office (Newark, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. US Post Office--Newark - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Maple Ct. and S. Main St., Newark, 14513
  • When was it listed? May 1989
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
  • Town. Arcadia town
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 88002366 - 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

141 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Newark between 2001 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined74
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of US Post Office-Newark: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Blackmar's QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Phelps QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Port Gibson QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Winslow Heth QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Abam Cleason Co. Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graf 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

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newark, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2002Flash FloodNewark$750,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodNewark$75,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodNewark$75,000no account filed
June 2002Flash FloodNewark$50,000no account filed
June 2016Flash FloodNewark$25,000no account filed
August 2014FloodNewark$25,000no account filed
August 2014FloodNewark$25,000no account filed
June 2008HailNewark$25,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNewark$20,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNewark$20,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindNewark$15,000A trained spotter reported trees down on Main Street in Newark.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindNewark$15,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindNewark$15,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNewark$15,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNewark$12,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000Photos of a large tree blown down onto power lines were posted on social media.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000no account filed
August 2009HailNewark$10,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindNewark$8,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNewark$8,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindNewark$6,000Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2011HailNewark$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailNewark$5,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNewark$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNewark$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNewark$1,000Two trees downed in the Town of Newark.
June 1995HailNewark$1,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNewark$500Tree downed, blocking Gurnee Road near NY-31.
August 2014HailNewark-no account filed
July 2010HailNewark-no account filed

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88002366 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.