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Photograph of Fowler Library Building
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Kings Daughters Public Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“The Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library's original home, also known as the Fowler Library Building, is located at Main and Allison streets in the village of Haverstraw, New York, United States.”

Wikipedia article Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland County · listed in 1991 · 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, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Jct. of Main and Allison Sts., Haverstraw, 10927
  • When was it listed? August 1991
  • Category. building
  • Town. Haverstraw town
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 91000950 - 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

1,079 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,079 fires within 5 miles of Kings Daughters Public Library between 2000 and 2020, burning about 824 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 87 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/undetermined711
Smoking94
Arson/incendiarism87
Natural49
Recreation and ceremony43
Equipment and vehicle use39
Debris and open burning26
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Misuse of fire by a minor14

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
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Kings Daughters Public Library: 13 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Emery, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Peekskill AreaTitanium, Metal, Iron, AluminumOccurrence
Peekskill Area ProspectTitanium, Aluminum, IronProspect
Stony Point MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Deluca Emery No. 2 MineEmeryProducer
Montrose Emery ProspectsEmeryPast ProducerCorundum, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Spinel
Montrose Emery ProspectsEmeryProspect
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this property

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haverstraw, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2001LightningHaverstraw1 hurtno account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$7,500Tree on home on Broadway Street in Haverstraw.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$4,000Three trees were reported down in West Haverstraw, across Samsondale Avenue, South Central Highway, and at the intersection of Route 9W and Gurnee Avenue.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$4,000A partial roof collapse was reported at a building located on Railroad Avenue.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Trees and wires down on US 9W southbound between Gurnee Avenue and Short Clove Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Trees and powerlines down in Haverstraw reported on social media and on scanners.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Part of a roof was torn off of an apartment building in Village on the Green.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$2,000Numerous trees were reported down across the town, with some trees on houses.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$1,000Multiple trees were reported down along Overlook Road just west of Highway 9W.
June 2017HailWest Haverstraw-Quarter size hail was reported in Haverstraw.
August 2011Flash FloodWest Haverstraw-The public reported flash flooding along Route 9W in Haverstraw, where it was closed due to flash flooding.
July 2011Funnel CloudWest Haverstraw-A funnel cloud was reported near the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Route 9W near West Haverstraw.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHaverstraw-Trees down
July 2014HailWest Haverstraw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockland County

Maps showing this location

15 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
US Post Office-Haverstrawunder 500 feet1988
Homestead0.4 miles1983
Fraser-Hoyer House1.8 miles1976
Henry M. Peck House1.8 miles2000
Peter DePew House1.8 miles2008
Rockland Print Works1.9 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000950 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rockland CountyAll 93 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.