Photograph of Amsterdam Castle — Photograph by Jess Mann, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Amsterdam (46th Separate Company) Armory

Built in 1895 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Amsterdam Castle, also known as the Amsterdam Armory, located at 49 Florida Avenue at the intersection with Dewitt Street in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York was built in 1895 by Isaac G. Perry in the castellated Late Victorian style as a National Guard Armory for the 46th Separate Company of the New York Army National Guard.”
Wikipedia article Amsterdam Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 62 National Register listings published here for Montgomery County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1895, Victorian architecture, by Isaac G. Perry.

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. Jct. of Florida Ave. and Dewitt St., SW corner, Amsterdam, 12010
When was it listed? July 1994
Category. building
Also known as. Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
City. Amsterdam city
When was it built? 1895
Architectural style. Victorian architecture
Architect. Isaac G. Perry
National Register reference number. 94000658 - 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

152 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Amsterdam (46th Separate Company) Armory between 1994 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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	91
Arson/incendiarism	22
Smoking	12
Debris and open burning	12
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2012	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
13 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Amsterdam (46th Separate Company) Armory: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Crushed Rock Products	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Plant No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this property

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amsterdam, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 40 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 6 hail, 3 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	1 hurt, $2,000	no account filed
April 2001	Heavy Rain	Amsterdam	$1,000,000	Excesssive rains and snowmelt led to massive erosion, resulting in a mudslide between Amsterdam and Rotterdam Junction in eastern Montgomery County. The mud slide took place, April 8, on an escarpment located on the north side of the Mohawk River. The mudslide encompassed a 35 to 40-yard stretch of Route 5, completely covering the westbound lane with mud, branches and large tree trunks. Traffic had to be re-routed for several days. A portion of Swart Hill Road was completely destroyed.
August 2001	Flash Flood	Amsterdam	$1,000,000	no account filed
November 1996	Flash Flood	Amsterdam	$200,000	no account filed
June 2002	Tornado (F0)	Amsterdam	$75,000	no account filed
August 2003	Flash Flood	South Amsterdam	$50,000	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$50,000	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$30,000	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$30,000	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$25,000	no account filed
December 2000	Flash Flood	Amsterdam	$25,000	no account filed
August 2003	Lightning	Amsterdam	$20,000	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$19,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$16,000	no account filed
January 2005	Flash Flood	Amsterdam	$10,000	Excessiver runoff from heavy rains produced a mudslide along Route 5 in the town of Amsterdam. Several cars were damaged from this mudslide and Route 5 was closed for awhile. Additional minor accidents due to flooded roadways were noted in the nearby town of Florida.
October 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$8,000	no account filed
September 2007	Flash Flood	Amsterdam	$5,000	Very heavy rain from a thunderstorm, combined with poor city drainage, led to isolated flash flooding in the city of Amsterdam.\|\|The flash flood closed Main Street, and resulted in 2 cars being flooded and damaged. In addition, one woman had to be rescued from her car by firemen.\|\|Measured rainfall from these thunderstorms were 2 to 2.5 inches over a 1 to 2 hour period.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$5,000	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$5,000	no account filed
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$5,000	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$5,000	no account filed
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$4,000	An isolated severe thunderstorm at Amsterdam in Montgomery County, downed a tree onto a power line. The power line broke which resulted in a power outage for several hours in parts of the city.
July 1999	Flash Flood	Amsterdam	$2,000	no account filed
July 2004	Lightning	Amsterdam	$1,000	Lightning strikes in Amsterdam brought down several trees, one of which fell onto and destroyed a fence.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	$1,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Large branches were downed near the corner of Regina Lane and Bylina Lane in the City of Amsterdam.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	A tree was reported down along with wires on Guy Park Avenue.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Trees were reported down.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	A tree was down on Clizbe Avenue.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Trees were reported down.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Multiple trees and powerlines were reported down throughout Amsterdam.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Large tree limbs were downed on the cross streets of Widow Susan and Edson. This occurred from a gust front ahead of thunderstorms.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Trees and wires were downed in the City of Amsterdam.
September 2021	Flood	Amsterdam	-	Parking lots with vehicles reported in high water.
September 2021	Flood	Amsterdam	-	Several inches of standing was reported on the roadway.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Multiple trees snapped and large branches downed throughout Shuttleworth Park in the town of Amsterdam.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	A tree fell onto power lines at the intersection of Charles Lane and Sandford Ave. Time was estimated by radar.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Trees were downed on Reid Hill.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Many trees and large branches were downed across Amsterdam.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	South Amsterdam	-	All lanes blocked on Route 30 between Hartley and Belldons Road due to downed trees and wires.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	A tree was downed onto a powerline on East Main Street. Time estimated by radar.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	South Amsterdam	-	Trees and a power pole were downed on Route 30 between Route 161 and Belldons Road.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	A power pole was snapped.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	South Amsterdam	-	A tree was blown down, blocking the intersection of Verbraska Avenue and Route 5S.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	South Amsterdam	-	A pole with wires was downed at Fuller and Belldons Roads in the town of Florida.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Two trees were downed in Amsterdam due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2014	Hail	Amsterdam	-	A member of the public reported baseball size hail falling on Frederick Street in Amsterdam during a thunderstorm.
May 2014	Hail	Amsterdam	-	Quarter sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm on Julia Street in Amsterdam by a member of the public on Facebook.
May 2014	Hail	Amsterdam	-	A trained spotter reported hail measuring 4 inches in diameter during a thunderstorm in Amsterdam. Photos confirmed the size of the hailstones.
May 2014	Hail	South Amsterdam	-	A member of the public reported via Facebook ping pong ball sized hail during a thunderstorm in the Town of Florida, one mile south of Amsterdam.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	A tree was down and on a residence as a result of thunderstorm winds in Amsterdam.
September 2011	Tornado (EF1)	South Amsterdam	-	A tornado touched down in the Town of Florida in Montgomery County. It moved northeast to the western end of Glenville in Schenectady County. Damage was extensive along the entire path length, with the worst damage in the Town of Cranesville in Montgomery County. Damage included numerous trees snapped off and uprooted, broken windows to homes, shingles stripped off roof tops, and some houses which had parts of their roofs torn off. Numerous sheds and out buildings were destroyed. The tornado was caught on video from the Mohawk Travel Plaza rest area on the New York State Thruway.
June 2011	Hail	Amsterdam	-	Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Amsterdam.
September 2011	Funnel Cloud	Amsterdam	-	The New York State Thruway Authority reported a funnel cloud near the Mohawk Travel Plaza.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Numerous trees were reported down in Amsterdam due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Trees and wires were reported down in the city of Amsterdam due to strong thunderstorm winds.
October 2010	Flood	Amsterdam	-	Flood-prone areas of the city of Amsterdam experienced flooding beginning early Friday morning, with the worst flooding occurring in the West Main Street and Locust Avenue areas. Also, a mudslide resulted in the closure of Chapman Drive for a short period.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Multiple trees and power lines were reported down throughout the city of Amsterdam due to strong thunderstorm winds.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Amsterdam	-	Trees and wires reported down at Baldwin and Robb Roads in Amsterdam.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

1895 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1931 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1947 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1954 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Amsterdam 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
Gray-Jewett House	under 500 feet	2005
Samuel Sweet Canal Store	0.1 miles	1989
Chalmers Knitting Mills	0.4 miles	2010
US Post Office-Amsterdam	0.5 miles	1988
Temple of Israel	0.5 miles	1992
Amsterdam Free Library	0.5 miles	2019

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000658 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Montgomery County	All 62 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.