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US Post Office-Clyde

Built in 1940 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“US Post Office-Clyde is a historic post office building located at Clyde in Wayne County, New York. It was designed and built in 1940-1941 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 (Clyde, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1940, Colonial Revival architecture, by Louis A. Simon.

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--Clyde - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 26 S. Park St., Clyde, 14433
When was it listed? November 1988
Category. building
Also known as. US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
Town. Galen town
When was it built? 1940
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
Architect. Louis A. Simon
National Register reference number. 88002472 - 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

76 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Clyde between 2001 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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	39
Arson/incendiarism	17
Natural	7
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2

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
22 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of US Post Office-Clyde: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Charles Noble Well	Salt	Prospect
Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

17 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clyde, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$35,000	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$35,000	no account filed
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$20,000	Law enforcement reported many trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree which fell on a house.
August 2015	Flash Flood	Clyde	$15,000	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$15,000	no account filed
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$10,000	Numerous trees and powerlines downed in the Town of Clyde.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Clyde	$10,000	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Clyde	$8,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Clyde	$8,000	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Clyde	$5,000	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Clyde	$3,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Clyde	$2,000	Trees and wires were downed in the town of Clyde.
August 2011	Hail	Clyde	-	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.

1902 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1943 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:31680
1953 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000 - 3 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
Clyde Downtown Historic District	under 500 feet	2019
Smith-Ely Mansion	0.2 miles	1992
Grace Episcopal Church Complex	6.2 miles	1994
Lyons Downtown Historic District	6.3 miles	2018
US Post Office-Lyons	6.4 miles	1989
Broad Street-Water Street Historic District	6.4 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88002472 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne County	All 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.