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US Post Office-Frankfort

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“US Post Office-Frankfort is a historic post office building located at Frankfort in Herkimer County, New York, United States. It was 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 (Frankfort, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer 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--Frankfort - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. E. Main St., Frankfort, 13340
When was it listed? May 1989
Category. building
Also known as. US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
Town. Frankfort town
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 88002512 - 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

81 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Frankfort between 2002 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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	45
Arson/incendiarism	13
Debris and open burning	7
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	3

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
30 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	UTICA
26 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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-Frankfort: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bono Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ferdula Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Golf Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this property

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankfort, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 7 hail, 4 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 1996	Flash Flood	Frankfort	$700,000	no account filed
May 2000	Flash Flood	Frankfort	$90,000	no account filed
November 2019	Flash Flood	Frankfort	$50,000	Heavy rainfall eroded the embankment along the Hilltop Bridge over Moyer Creek, resulting in the evacuation of 50-100 residents along South Litchfield Street.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	$50,000	no account filed
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	$15,000	no account filed
May 2025	Flash Flood	East Frankfort	$5,000	State Route 5 between Ilion and Herkimer was closed due to flooding over various sections of the road.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	$5,000	no account filed
October 2019	Flash Flood	Frankfort	$1,000	A shed for a pump station was washed away by flood waters.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	$1,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	$500	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	A local emergency manager reported a large tree down and blocking Elizabethtown Rd and North Columbia Rd in the town of Columbia.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	Numerous trees were downed in the Village of Frankfort.
June 2023	Lightning	East Frankfort	-	A lightning bolt struck through a big oak tree off of Barringer Road in the Village of Ilion.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	Herkimer County officials reported trees down in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2022	Debris Flow	East Frankfort	-	Bell Hill Road was closed in the town of German Flatts due to a mud and rock slide from heavy rainfall.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	Trees and wires were downed in Ilion.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	Trees and wires were downed.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	A tree was downed onto a house.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	Trees and wires were downed onto a house.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	A tree was downed, blocking a road.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	Large tree limbs were downed.
January 2018	Flood	East Frankfort	-	The Route 51 bridge in Ilion was closed near Fourth Street due to an ice jam on Steele Creek.
August 2017	Hail	Frankfort	-	Estimated penny size hail was reported at a golf course.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	A tree was downed resulting in loss of power.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	Power line wires were reported down on North Columbia Road in the town of Columbia due to thunderstorm winds. Power was out on Elizabethtown Road in Ilion as a result of the downed wires.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	A tree was down on wires on Route 171 in Frankfort due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Ilion as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2014	Flash Flood	East Frankfort	-	Flash flooding was reported in Ilion due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. About a foot of water was flowing across State Route 51.
July 2013	Hail	East Frankfort	-	Quarter size hail was reported in North Columbia during a thunderstorm.
July 2013	Flash Flood	East Frankfort	-	Multiple roads were closed throughout Ilion due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Areas along the Steele Creek were impacted the most.
June 2013	Flash Flood	East Frankfort	-	Flash flooding occurred throughout Ilion due to heavy rainfall. Water rescues and evacuations had to take place. Some roads were washed out and damaged due to the flooding.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	A trained spotter reported wires down on 5th Ave at Reese Road in Frankfort due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013	Flash Flood	East Frankfort	-	Several roads along the Steele Creek in Ilion were reported to be closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
June 2013	Flash Flood	East Frankfort	-	Route 51 was reportedly closed in South Ilion due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	Many limbs, one tree and power lines were reported down on Litchfield Street in Frankfort as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2012	Hail	East Frankfort	-	Quarter size (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Ilion.
September 2011	Flood	East Frankfort	-	Route 51 was closed due to flooding from First Street in the Village of Ilion south to Old Forge Road as the Steele Creek overflowed its banks.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	Trees and wires were reported down on Vosburg Street in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	East Frankfort	-	A measured wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Ilion.
June 2008	Hail	East Frankfort	-	Quarter size hail was reported near Ilion during a thunderstorm.
March 2007	Flood	Frankfort	-	The combination of snowmelt, and moderate rainfall falling on frozen ground led to flooding of the Mohawk River at Utica, which led to several road closures.\|The river rose above the flood stage of 403 feet early Thursday morning on March 15th, crested at 405.6 feet late Friday morning on March 16th, and fell back below flood stage early Sunday morning on March 18th.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	Numerous trees were reported down in Frankfort as a result of strong winds from a thunderstorm.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	Trees and wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Frankfort.
November 2006	Flood	Frankfort	-	The Mohawk River at Utica exceeded its flood stage of 403.0 feet at 6:00 AM EST on November 17th, crested at 404.7 feet at 11:30 PM EST November 17th, and then fell back below flood stage at 8:37 PM EST on November 19th.
May 2004	Hail	Frankfort	-	Hail covered ground.
June 2004	Lightning	Frankfort	-	Lightning reported to have hit a structure. Extent of damage unknown.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Frankfort	-	Water across Route 5S in Frankfort.
May 2004	Hail	Frankfort	-	no account filed
September 1998	Hail	Frankfort	-	no account filed
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Frankfort	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Herkimer County

Maps showing this location

12 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 Utica quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1943 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
1945 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:25000
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
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
Frankfort Town Hall	0.1 miles	1999
Balloon Farm	0.4 miles	1998
Palatine German Frame House	1.6 miles	2004
Thomas Richardson House	1.7 miles	1984
Library Bureau-Remington Rand-Sperry UNIVAC Manufacturing Complex	2.2 miles	2021
First United Methodist Church	2.3 miles	2003

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88002512 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Herkimer County	All 74 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.