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Photograph of Letchworth State Park
Photograph by Suandsoe, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Seneca Council House

Built in 1906. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Letchworth State Park is a 14,427-acre (5,838 ha) New York State Park located in Livingston and Wyoming Counties in western Upstate New York. The park is roughly 17 miles (27 km) long, following the course of the Genesee River as it flows north through a deep gorge and over several large waterfalls.”

Wikipedia article Letchworth State Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Wyoming County · listed in 2005 · category: Building · built in 1906.

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 154 objectss, 101 buildingss, 62 sitess, 21 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. Genesee River Gorge Bet. Portageville and Mt. Morris, Genesse Falls, 14427
  • When was it listed? November 2005
  • Category. building
  • Town. Genesee Falls town
  • When was it built? 1906
  • National Register reference number. 03000718 - 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

59 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Seneca Council House between 2001 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural8
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Seneca Council House: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Portage Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Castile Salt Co.WellSaltPast Producer
J.Harding No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Morton Salt Co.Salt Well No.13.SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming County

Maps showing this location

9 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

5 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
First Universalist Church of Portageville1.2 miles2008
First Free Will Baptist Church of Pike6.1 miles2012
Epworth Hall7.8 miles2000
Orator F. Woodward Cottage7.9 miles2016
Silver Lake Institute Historic District7.9 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000718 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wyoming CountyAll 26 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.