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Photograph of Belmont Grange No. 1243
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Belmont Grange #1243

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1925.

From the record

“Belmont Grange #1243, also known as Andrew McNett Residence, is a historic grange building located at Belmont in Allegany County, New York. It was built about 1860 in the Italianate style by Andrew McNett, an attorney, Civil War veteran, and subsequently the village's first mayor.”

Wikipedia article Belmont Grange No. 1243, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Allegany County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.

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. 32 Willets Ave., Belmont, 14813
  • When was it listed? January 2006
  • Category. building
  • Town. Amity town
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 05001533 - 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

51 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Belmont Grange #1243 between 2001 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 335 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 335 specimens collected within 10 miles of Belmont Grange #1243 between 1877 and 1974: 290 Animalia, 20 Fungi, 19 Plantae, 4 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Latta, Arnold, C. P., Arnold, Charles P. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.1877Ch. H. PeckSummit
Specimen of Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) CordaCalypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda1887Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
Specimen of Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb.Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb.1887Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
A photograph of the species Sphacelotheca hydropiperis, not of this specimenSphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary1877Peck Ch. H.Summit
A photograph of the species Clavaria fusiformis, not of this specimenClavaria fusiformis Sowerby1885not recordedPeat Moss, Brookton
A photograph of the species Usnea Dill., not of this specimenUsnea Dill. ex Adans., 17631888De Alton SaundersVandermark Creek
Specimen of Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.1889Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
A photograph of the species Carex interior, not of this specimenCarex interior L.H.Bailey1896G. T. HastingsSummit
A photograph of the species Cyanocitta cristata, not of this specimenCyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1896F. S. WrightNEW YORK: Allegany County; Angelica
A photograph of the species Glyceria striata, not of this specimenGlyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc.1896G. T. HastingsSummit.
A photograph of the species Chordeiles minor, not of this specimenChordeiles minor (J.R.Forster, 1771)1898Harry WilberScio
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898C.F. StoneFriendship

All 335 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

12 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belmont, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018LightningBelmont1 hurtA male was struck by lightning along Route 244 near Amity.
May 2011FloodBelmont$50,000Flooding continued from afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
May 2011Flash FloodBelmont$50,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBelmont$15,000Numerous trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindBelmont$15,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBelmont$12,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBelmont$10,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down.
July 2012HailBelmont$10,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBelmont$10,000no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBelmont$10,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBelmont$5,000Multiple reports of trees downed in the Town of Belmont.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindBelmont$500A tree was reported down.

Every storm recorded in Allegany County

Maps showing this location

8 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

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Belmont Literary and Historical Society Free Library0.2 miles2003
Belmont Hotel0.4 miles2001
Christ Episcopal Church2.6 miles1974
Belvidere2.9 miles1972
Friendship Free Library5.0 miles2008
Wellman House5.1 miles1974

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05001533 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Allegany CountyAll 34 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.