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Photograph of Williamsville South High School
Photograph by TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Williamsville Junior and Senior High School

Built in 1892 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Williamsville South High School is a high school located in Williamsville, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. South is one of three high schools in the Williamsville Central School District, along with Williamsville North High School and Williamsville East High School.”

Wikipedia article Williamsville South High School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 283 National Register listings published here for Erie County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1892, Colonial Revival architecture, by Duane Lyman.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 5950 Main St., Williamsville, 14221
  • When was it listed? May 2008
  • Category. building
  • Town. Amherst town
  • When was it built? 1892
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • Architect. Duane Lyman
  • National Register reference number. 08000407 - 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.

Then and now

1905 to 1960

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Williamsville Junior and Senior High School, surveyed 1960
Topographic sheet covering Williamsville Junior and Senior High School, surveyed 1905

Fires near this property

643 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 643 fires within 5 miles of Williamsville Junior and Senior High School between 2000 and 2020, burning about 273 acres in total. 120 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined342
Natural120
Smoking66
Arson/incendiarism42
Recreation and ceremony25
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Williamsville Junior and Senior High School: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Buffalo Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lancaster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lancaster Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
North and South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peppermint PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Peppermint PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Atlas Gypsum Company MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Clarence Center MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Clarence Center Mine & MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
National Gypsum Company MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this property

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsville, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
August 2015Flash FloodWilliamsville$45,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville$35,000no account filed
March 2007FloodWilliamsville$25,000no account filed
December 2013FloodWilliamsville$20,000Ellicott Creek at Williamsville crested at 9.68 feet at 20:30 EST on 12/22/2013. Flood Stage is 8 feet.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville$20,000no account filed
July 2009HailWilliamsville$15,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville$5,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville$500Tree downed on Youngs Road near Lyndhurst Road.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville-A wind gust of 59 mph was measured at the Buffalo Airport.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville-The observation was from the RSOIS tower at the upper air station at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville-no account filed
November 2020Thunderstorm WindWilliamsville-no account filed
April 2010HailWilliamsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Erie County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000407 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Erie CountyAll 283 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.