Alfred Dolge Hose Co. No. 1 Building

Built in 1890. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“No. 1 Building is a historic fire station located at Dolgeville in Herkimer County, New York. It was built about 1890 and is a two-story, gable roofed, utilitarian frame structure above a cut stone basement.”
Wikipedia article Alfred Dolge Hose Co. No. 1 Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1890.

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.
Listed as. Dolge, Alfred, Hose Co. No. 1 Building - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Jct. of S. Main and Slawson Sts., SW corner, Dolgeville, 13329
When was it listed? August 1994
Category. building
Town. Manheim town
When was it built? 1890
National Register reference number. 94001003 - 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Alfred Dolge Hose Co. No. 1 Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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	50
Debris and open burning	20
Arson/incendiarism	11
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
5 September 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Alfred Dolge Hose Co. No. 1 Building: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
	Salisbury Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this property

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dolgeville, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 30 thunderstorm wind, 9 flood, 8 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
November 2019	Flood	Dolgeville	$200,000	The East Canada Creek flowed out of its banks in the Village of Dolgeville, leading to extensive severe flooding. Swiftwater rescues occurred due to the rapidly rising waters, with around 75 people evacuated from homes due to the flooding. Several homes were severely damaged or destroyed with walls ripped from their foundations. The damage was heaviest along North Main Street where several feet of water was coursing down the street and into residences. The Route 29 bridge over the East Canada Creek was closed due to high water as well.
August 2010	Flood	Dolgeville	$50,000	Numerous roads were reported closed due to flooding in the vicinity of Dolgeville along with basement flooding. South Main Street was flooded in Dolgeville. In addition, a mudslide was reported in Danube.
February 2022	Flood	Dolgeville	$35,000	An ice jam from the East Canada Creek resulted in flooding along portions of Van Buren Street and Dolge Avenue in the Village of Dolgeville. Homeowners had to evacuate from at least 10 homes due to the flooding. One of the residents reported chunks of ice knocking trees down along its path and flooding impacting some garages and basements. Flood waters began to recede later in the evening with crews still working into the overnight hours to get the water flowing back into the channel.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$30,000	no account filed
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$25,000	no account filed
June 2008	Lightning	Dolgeville	$20,000	A house reportedly caught fire due to a lightning strike near Dolgeville.
May 2000	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	$12,000	no account filed
January 1996	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	$10,000	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$8,000	no account filed
February 1996	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	$8,000	no account filed
February 1996	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	$8,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$5,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$5,000	no account filed
February 1997	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	$4,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	$3,000	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Trees and wires were downed in the Village of Dolgeville.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Several tree limbs were downed in the Village of Dolgeville.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Wires were downed along East Faville Avenue near Rundell Street in the Village of Dolgeville.
February 2022	Flood	Dolgeville	-	Widespread rain and snowmelt across the region led to ice jam flooding along the East Canada Creek along Dolge Avenue and Van Buren Street in the Village of Dolgeville.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Trees and wires were downed in Dolgeville.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Numerous trees were downed in the Village of Dolgeville.
October 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Herkimer County Emergency Management concluded straight-line wind damage occurred in Dolgeville. Damage was observed along portions of Horn Street, North Helmer Avenue, West State Street, North Main Street, Cline Street and East Faville Avenue. Damage consisted of numerous downed trees, some landing on cars, downed power lines and damage to roofs, chimneys and fences. A tree and power lines were also downed on Stewart Street blocking the road.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Trees were snapped and uprooted, including one down onto a house and car on Hopson Road.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Trees and wires were downed on State Route 29.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Two trees were downed, blocking a road.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Trees and wires were reported down.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Trees and wires were downed in Dolgeville due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Numerous trees and wires were reported down in Salisbury Center.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Trees were reported down in Dolgeville as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	A trained spotter reported trees down and across a road in Dolgeville as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	-	A trained spotter reported heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in Dolgeville. Multiple culverts were washed out and there was 4 to 5 inches of water running across Main Street.
May 2013	Hail	Dolgeville	-	A trained spotter reported penny size hail from a thunderstorm covering a road in Dolgeville.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Numerous trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Dolgeville.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	A tree was down and on a house on Main Street in Dolgeville as result of thunderstorm winds.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	A tree was reported down and on wires due to thunderstorm winds in Dolgeville.
March 2011	Flood	Dolgeville	-	An ice jam on the East Canada Creek caused water to back up onto North Main Street in the Village of Dolgeville.
October 2011	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	-	A washout was reported on Miner Road in Dolgeville affecting part of the road and a driveway.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Two trees and wires were reported down in Dolgeville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
January 2010	Flood	Dolgeville	-	A large ice jam was reported on the East Canada Creek up to the Route 29 bridge in the village of Dolgeville. Flooding was reported along North Main Street affecting homes and resulting in some evacuations.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Dolgeville	-	In Dolgeville, Main Street was reported closed because of flooding. In addition, basement flooding was reported and small streams were reported out of their banks due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Multiple trees were reported down on wires and homes in Dolgeville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	Wires were reported down on Spencer Street and Cline Street in Dolgeville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	A trained spotter estimated a peak wind gust of 60 mph near Dolgeville during a thunderstorm.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Dolgeville	-	A trained spotter reported that trees were blown down in Dolgeville.
June 2006	Flood	Dolgeville	-	Law enforcement personnel reported that a building was washed into East Canada Creek in Dolgeville.
June 2006	Flood	Dolgeville	-	An emergency manager reported that East Canada Creek was flooding and that evacuations have occurred along Main Street in the village of Dolgeville. The water level rose to the bottom the the Route 29 bridge.
November 2006	Flood	Dolgeville	-	The East Canada Creek at Dolgeville exceeded its flood stage of 10.0 feet at 12:12 AM EST on November 17th, crested at 10.05 at 12:30 AM on the 17th, before falling back below flood stage at 12:57 AM EST on the 17th.
May 2004	Hail	Dolgeville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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.

1900 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1939 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1946 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:25000
1949 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Gloversville 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
US Post Office-Dolgeville	under 500 feet	1988
Breckwoldt-Ward House	0.4 miles	2005
Menge House Complex	0.5 miles	1996
Salisbury Center Covered Bridge	2.9 miles	1972
Salisbury Center Grange Hall	3.0 miles	1999
Augustus Frisbie House	3.0 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94001003 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Herkimer County	All 74 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.