Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 12397 Van Vleck Rd., Butler, 14590
When was it listed? September 2008
Category. building
Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
Town. Butler town
National Register reference number. 08000920 - 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

132 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse between 2001 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined	92
Arson/incendiarism	14
Debris and open burning	8
Recreation and ceremony	8
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
4 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
13 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
27 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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.

1902 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1943 USGS Wolcott quadrangle1:31680
1953 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Wolcott quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

Listed places nearby

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Methodist Episcopal Church of Butler	2.1 miles	1997
	Wolcott Square Historic District	2.2 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 08000920 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne County	All 40 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.