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Caledonia Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 3108 W. Main St., Caledonia, 14423
  • When was it listed? December 2007
  • Category. building
  • Town. Caledonia town
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture, Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 07001256 - 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

98 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Caledonia Library between 2000 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Caledonia Library: 19 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
North Leroy QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
North Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Abandoned Gypsum WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Abandoned Gysum WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Consolidated Wheatland Plaster ShftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Empire Gypsum Co. MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Garbutt Gypsum Co Shaft #1Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Lycoming Calcining Co Mine #1Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
M. Rogers Farm Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this property

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1998Flash FloodCaledonia$25,000no account filed
July 2017Flash FloodCaledonia$20,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$18,000no account filed
January 2012Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$15,000Law enforcement report that a metal shed had been blown over by thunderstorm winds.
April 2004HailCaledonia$15,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$15,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$15,000no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodCaledonia$15,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$5,000no account filed
January 2026Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in Caledonia.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
January 1998Flash FloodCaledonia$1,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodCaledonia$1,000no account filed
April 2022Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$500A large tree was down across Maxwell Station Road.
September 2013HailCaledonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Caledonia House Hotelunder 500 feet2001
Clark-Keith House0.3 miles1998
Caledonia Fish Hatchery0.8 miles2015
Avon Five Arch Bridge6.9 miles2012
Hall's Opera Block6.9 miles2006
Aaron Barber Memorial Building6.9 miles2008

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07001256 in Record Group 79.
Livingston CountyAll 92 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.