Callicoon National Bank

Built in 1970 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1920.

From the record

“Callicoon National Bank, also known as Delaware Free Library, is a historic bank building located at Callicoon in Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1913 and is a two-story masonry building, rectangular in plan with a flat roof.”
Wikipedia article Callicoon National Bank, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Sullivan County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1970, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 133 Main St., Callicoon, 12723
When was it listed? February 1994
Category. building
Town. Delaware town
When was it built? 1970
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 94000048 - 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

1920 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Callicoon National Bank, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet covering Callicoon National Bank, surveyed 1920

Fires near this property

91 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Callicoon National Bank between 1999 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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	62
Debris and open burning	15
Natural	6
Smoking	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Callicoon National Bank: 1 producer. All of them 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.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Town of Delaware Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this property

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Callicoon, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 3 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
September 2011	Flood	Callicoon	$300,000	Moderate flooding occurred along the Delaware River near Callicoon, NY. The river gauge located near Callicoon crested at 14.34 feet at 5:15 PM on September 8, 2011.
September 2012	Flash Flood	Callicoon	$50,000	Widespread flash flooding was occurring. Callicoon Creek was reported out of its banks in Jeffersonville with 1 to 2 feet of water covering several roads.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Callicoon	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage to tree and power lines in Callicoon and Jeffersonville, both in the town of Callicoon.
October 2021	Flash Flood	Callicoon	$5,000	Numerous roads were flooded. Water rescues in progress.
February 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Callicoon	$5,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Callicoon	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Callicoon	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down across the roadway at Route 97 and Viaduct Road.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Callicoon	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the road.
October 2021	Flood	Callicoon	$1,000	Moderate flooding occurred on the Delaware River at Callicoon. The river crested at 13.68 feet at midnight on October 27th. Flood stage is 12 feet at this location. At 13 feet, flooding reaches the parking lot of the bank and the lower part of the gas station parking lot near the bridge in Callicoon.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Callicoon	-	Trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Hail	Callicoon	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Callicoon	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Callicoon	-	no account filed
June 2006	Flood	Callicoon	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan County

Maps showing this location

13 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.

1920 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1921 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:48000
1923 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1943 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:125000
1944 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1965 USGS Callicoon quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1992 USGS Callicoon quadrangle1:24000

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
Callicoon Downtown Historic District	under 500 feet	2016
Callicoon Methodist Church and Parsonage	0.2 miles	1993
St. Joseph's Seminary	0.3 miles	1993
St. James Church and Rectory	0.3 miles	1993
German Presbyterian Church and Hortonville Cemetery	1.6 miles	2003
German Presbyterian Church and Hortonville Cemetery	1.6 miles	2003

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000048 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sullivan County	All 79 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.