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Photograph of West Endicott Park Carousel
Photograph by Kfbill08, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

West Endicott Park Carousel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Broome County · listed in 1992 · category: Object.

Sources: 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 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. West Endicott Park, Endicott, 13760
  • When was it listed? January 1992
  • Category. object
  • Also known as. Broome County Carousels MPS
  • Town. Union town
  • National Register reference number. 91001965 - 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

1901 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering West Endicott Park Carousel, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet covering West Endicott Park Carousel, surveyed 1901

Fires near this property

327 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of West Endicott Park Carousel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined162
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning28
Smoking25
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8

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
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of West Endicott Park Carousel: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 WellSaltProspect
R.G.Hotchkiss No.1 WellSaltProspect
Barney and Dick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barney and Dick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Endicott, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 40 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 9 flash flood, 6 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
September 2011FloodWest Endicott$160,000,000Record flooding occurred between September 7, and September 11, 2011 along the Susquehanna river at Vestal, NY. According to the stream gauging station at Vestal, the river crested at 35.26 feet at Noon on September 8th. This surpassed the previous record of 33.66 feet set during the June 2006 flood.
September 2011Flash FloodEndicott$50,000,000Catastrophic flash flooding occurred along the Nanticoke Creek in West Corners. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged.
July 2021Flash FloodWest Endicott$30,000Three vehicles were reported to be stuck in flowing water above the wheels.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEndicott$21,000Strong thunderstorm winds partially peeled of a roof and damaged an awning on a building on Odell Ave.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$20,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew off the roof of the American Legion Building.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindEndicott$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. The wind blew down a tree onto a car parked on Grand Boulevard in Binghamton. Thousands of customers lost power.
November 2006Flash FloodEndicott$15,000Numerous roads flooded.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$12,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and power lines. This thunderstorm also hit a transformer by lightning.
December 2023FloodWest Endicott$10,000The Susquehanna River at Vestal exceeded moderate flood stage and crested at 22.41 feet on December 18th at 9 PM. Moore Park in Vestal floods at levels up to this crest as well as some streets on the other side of the river in Endwell, NY.
June 2020LightningWest Endicott$10,000A lightning strike from a thunderstorm caused a house to catch on fire.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a vehicle.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over power line poles and wires.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$10,000A line of thunderstorms blew down a tree onto a house on airport road.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEndicott$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
July 2017Flash FloodWest Endicott$8,000Underpasses in the Village of Endicott were flooding out with rapidly moving water.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEndicott$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree in a yard, taking out a chain linked fence and part of a wooden fence.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree branch into a yard, damaging shingles on a shed roof.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEndicott$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree across a roadway near Watson Blvd. and Hayes Avenue.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a power line on Mills Avenue.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEndicott$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires on Ford Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and electical wires.
June 2015HailWest Endicott$5,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced golf ball sized hail.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$5,000Trees were blown down on Watson Boulevard.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$5,000Numerous trees were blown down between Campville and Endicott.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$5,000Trees and wires were blown down, also in Vestal, Binghamton and Kirkwood.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindEndicott$5,000Partial roof damage to Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
May 2002Tornado (F0)Endicott$5,000A tornado briefly touched down on Bean Hill Road northwest of Endicott. The damage was consistent with F0 and about 60 MPH winds. The damage was entirely to small to moderate sized trees which were twisted and downed in several different directions. An eyewitness reported to have seen the swirling debris associated with the funnel. There was no damage to the home close to where the tornado tracked.
July 2002LightningEndicott$5,000Lightning struck a two family house on Oak Hill Avenue in Endicott. It started a small fire in the attic. No one was home at the time of the lightning strike.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindEndicott$5,000A cold front moved through eastern New York on the afternoon of August 20th resulting in severe thunderstorms over parts of the Susquehanna and Western Mohawk Valley regions. Cortland County was hardest hit with numerous trees and wires down and businesses and buildings damaged. In Cincinnatus a tree fell on a house causing substantial damage to a house and a barn was blown down.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindEndicott$5,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindNorth Endicott$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Nanticoke Avenue.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree and power lines in vicinity of June Street and Birdsall Street.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a roadway.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEndicott$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on powerlines.
August 2009Flash FloodEndicott$2,000The Oak Hill underpass was flooded.
August 2009Flash FloodEndicott$2,000Moderate flooding occurred after the area received 1.67 inches of rain from 7 pm to 8 pm, with another 0.17 inches from 8 pm to 9 pm.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindEndicott$2,000Numerous trees down on the west side of Endicott
August 2024Flash FloodWest Endicott$1,000Thunderstorm rains flooded Franklin Street and the Route 26 underpass near the Cider Mill.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires on North Street.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires over the roadway.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindEndicott$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Taft Avenue.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree in a backyard.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott$1,000Several trees and wires were blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindEndicott$1,000Trees down
June 2002Thunderstorm WindEndicott$1,000Power lines and trees down.
June 2016HailWest Endicott$1,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEndicott$500Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree.
July 2024Flash FloodWest Endicott-Flooding was occurring along Route 26 by the railroad underpass.
July 2024Flash FloodWest Endicott-A car was stranded by flooding on Franklin Street and was halfway under the water.
July 2021HailWest Endicott-A strong thunderstorm produced 1 inch hail.
August 2012FloodWest Endicott-Heavy rain caused flooding along Route 26.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott-Sustained 55-60 mph winds for 10 minutes. Dime size hail also fell.
August 2008HailWest Endicott-Penney size hail was also reported at this location.
July 2008HailWest Endicott-Penny size hail was also reported.
July 2008HailWest Endicott-One inch hail was also reported with this storm.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWest Endicott-Large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2000LightningEndicott-Lightning struck a utility pole and caused minor damage.
May 2000FloodEndicott-Urban flooding reported on Skyline Drive and West Franklin.
October 2000Thunderstorm WindEndicott-Large tree limb was downed on top of car.

Every storm recorded in Broome 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.

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
West Endicott Hose Company No. 10.3 miles2013
Riverside Cemetery0.8 miles2004
Johnson City Square Deal Arch0.8 miles2001
Drovers Inn and Round Family Residence1.1 miles2010
US Post Office-Endicott1.3 miles1988
Vestal Central School1.4 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91001965 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Broome CountyAll 66 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.