Built in 1887 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
From the record
“The Moffat Library, officially Moffat Library of Washingtonville, serves a population of 25,000 people in the village of that name in Orange County, New York, as well as the surrounding towns of Blooming Grove, Hamptonburgh and New Windsor. It is located in the center of town, at the intersection of NY 208 and NY 94.”
Wikipedia article Moffat Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1887, Queen Anne style.
National Register reference number.94001000- 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
337 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 337 fires within 5 miles of Moffat Library
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 47 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
193
Arson/incendiarism
47
Debris and open burning
22
Smoking
16
Equipment and vehicle use
15
Fireworks
15
Natural
13
Recreation and ceremony
9
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Other causes
1
Railroad operations and maintenance
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
7 workings within 5 miles of Moffat Library: 6 past producers, 1 prospect.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Washingtonville, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning.
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.
In Washingtonville, Democracy Ln. and Freedom Dr. were closed due to flooding. Mandatory evacuations were ordered in Washingtonville Manor and Brookside Acres as well as on Patricia Ln., Beverly Ln., Cardinal Dr., Peacock Circle and W. Main St. due to flooding of Moodna Creek.
Moodna Creek overflowed its banks causing flooding of first floor residents and businesses on Route 208 as well as Route 94 near Washingtonville High School.
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.
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.
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.
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