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Photograph of Augustus A. Smith House
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Augustus A. Smith House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Smith House, also known as Germain House, is a historic home located at Attica in Wyoming County, New York. It is a large, irregularly massed Queen Anne style residence constructed in 1890.”

Wikipedia article Augustus A. Smith House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Wyoming County · listed in 2007 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Smith, Augustus A., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 125 Main St., Attica, 14011
  • When was it listed? June 2007
  • Category. building
  • Town. Attica town
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 07000627 - 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

73 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Augustus A. Smith House between 2003 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning12
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Augustus A. Smith House: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Charles Chick WellSaltPast Producer
J.Mattison WellSaltPast Producer
L.C.Wilkie WellSaltPast Producer
Alexander PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alexander PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wyoming County

Storms near this property

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Attica, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998Flash FloodAttica$250,000no account filed
May 2011Flash FloodAttica$75,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindAttica$30,000Thunderstorm winds caused substantial damage to trees at a golf course.
April 2004HailAttica$25,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAttica$15,000no account filed
May 1998HailAttica$15,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindAttica$10,000Trees and powerlines downed in several towns in the northern portion of the county.
November 2017FloodAttica$10,000Tonawanda Creek at Attica crested at 9.62 feet at 2:30 AM on the 6th (Flood Stage is 8 feet).
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAttica$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down across Route 238.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAttica$10,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2017FloodAttica$10,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodAttica$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAttica$10,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindAttica$8,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindAttica$8,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAttica$5,000Report of a few trees downed on wires in Attica.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindAttica$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAttica$2,000Multiple trees and powerlines were reported down.
January 1998Flash FloodAttica$1,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodAttica$1,000no account filed
July 2024Flash FloodAttica-Main Street between Water Street and Washington Street flooded. Water flowing into businesses on Main Street.

Every storm 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

3 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
Exchange Street Historic District0.1 miles2012
US Post Office-Attica0.1 miles1988
Attica Market and Main Historic District0.3 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07000627 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.
  • 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.