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US Post Office-Watkins Glen

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“US Post Office-Watkins Glen is a historic post office building located at Watkins Glen in Schuyler County, New York. It was designed and built in 1934-1935 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, Louis A.”
Wikipedia article United States Post Office (Watkins Glen, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Schuyler 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--Watkins Glen - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 600 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen, 14891
When was it listed? May 1989
Category. building
Also known as. US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
Town. Dix town
Architectural style. Art Deco architecture, Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 88002443 - 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.

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering US Post Office-Watkins Glen, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet covering US Post Office-Watkins Glen, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Watkins Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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	50
Debris and open burning	25
Natural	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
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
25 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
23 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of US Post Office-Watkins Glen: 15 past producers, 4 producers, 3 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Natural Gas. 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
(Facility) Watkins Glen Well and Refinery	Bromine	Plant	Brine
G.G.Hill Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Past Producer
Barber Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Barber Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Beavers Dam Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Beavers Dam Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dunhams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hoke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lovers Lane Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Padua Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Schuyler County

Storms near this property

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watkins Glen, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2019	Lightning	Watkins Glen	2 hurt	A thunderstorm caused a lightning strike to hit the Cayuga Loop campground, resulting in two minor injuries to campers.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Watkins Glen	$2,600,000	Numerous roads were flooded in the region.
May 2004	Hail	Watkins Glen	$25,000	1.5 inch hail.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$15,000	no account filed
July 2023	Flash Flood	Watkins Glen	$12,000	Flooding was reported at the salt processing plant along Route 30. Several other roads were closed due to flooding in the area.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines on County Route 28.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Watkins Glen	$10,000	Flash flooding spilled across several streets in the Village of Watkins Glen and nearby county roads. There was a report of 2 feet of water in one intersection.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$10,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked down around Watkins Glen.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires along the east side of Seneca Lake.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$5,000	Numerous trees and poles were blown down in the Village of Watkins Glen.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$5,000	Straight line wind damage was evident near a home just west of Watkins Glen. A roof was partially torn off a shed. A small chicken coup was moved off its foundation by almost a foot. There were also several branches down in the storm damage area.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree on a house on College Ave.
October 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$1,000	Multiple trees were knocked down. Damage was also reported in the town of Catherine. A power pole was also blown down in Hector.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	$1,000	Trees were blown down.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	-	Large tree branches were broken.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	-	Trees were blown down across a road.
May 2003	Hail	Watkins Glen	-	Nickel sized hail fell.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Watkins Glen	-	Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole and brought wires down.
August 2008	Hail	Watkins Glen	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schuyler County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

1898 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Watkins quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Burdett quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

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 Presbyterian Church of Watkins Glen	0.1 miles	2019
First Baptist Church of Watkins Glen	0.2 miles	2001
Schuyler County Courthouse Complex	0.2 miles	1974
A. F. Chapman House	0.2 miles	1997
St. James Episcopal Church	0.2 miles	2012
Watkins Glen High School	0.2 miles	2015

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88002443 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Schuyler County	All 20 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.