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Wellman Building, The

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“The Wellman Building, also known as the Wellman Block, is a historic commercial building located at Jamestown in Chautauqua County, New York. It consists of an 1897 masonry bearing wall structure and a steel frame structure built in 1910.”
Wikipedia article The Wellman Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Chautauqua County · listed in 2009 · 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.
Address. 101-103 W. 3rd St. & 215-217 Cherry St., Jamestown, 14701
When was it listed? August 2009
Category. building
City. Jamestown city
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 09000629 - 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

320 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Wellman Building, The between 1992 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 47 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	154
Arson/incendiarism	47
Equipment and vehicle use	32
Natural	28
Debris and open burning	27
Smoking	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
9 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
7 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wellman Building, The: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Carborundum Co/ Falconer, N.Y.	Zirconium	Unknown
Cassadaga Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Marsh Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Marsh Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Oak Hill Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Oak Hill Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Woodlawn Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Chautauqua County

Storms near this property

53 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamestown, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 10 hail, 1 flood. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	1 hurt, $5,000	A tree fell on a motorcyclist.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$500,000	no account filed
July 2000	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$100,000	no account filed
August 2009	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$30,000	no account filed
July 2010	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$25,000	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$25,000	no account filed
June 2001	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$25,000	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$25,000	no account filed
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$20,000	A tree was downed onto a house on North Main Street, some trees were uprooted, and multiple other reports of trees and wires down in Jamestown.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$20,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$20,000	Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds in Jamestown.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$15,000	no account filed
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$15,000	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$15,000	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$15,000	no account filed
June 2001	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$15,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Jamestown	$15,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$15,000	no account filed
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$14,000	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$10,000	A tree fell on a house on Willard Street.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$10,000	Broadcast media reported trees down in Jamestown.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
September 2013	Hail	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
July 1997	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$10,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Jamestown	$8,000	no account filed
April 1996	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$8,000	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$5,000	Trees and poles were downed onto 2nd Street and Clyde Avenue.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$5,000	no account filed
May 1996	Flash Flood	Jamestown	$5,000	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Jamestown	$3,000	no account filed
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$2,000	Trees and wires were downed in Ellicott.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$2,000	A large tree limb fell on a house.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$2,000	Multiple trees were downed.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$2,000	Trees down outside Jamestown.
May 2004	Hail	Jamestown	$2,000	no account filed
June 2019	Flood	Jamestown	$1,000	Several underpasses were flooded due to heavy rain on the west side of Jamestown.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$500	A tree was downed.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$500	A tree was downed.
November 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$500	A large spruce tree was downed.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamestown	$500	Large tree blown down on Glasgow Avenue.
June 2025	Hail	Jamestown	-	Social media report of quarter sized hail in Jamestown with photo.
June 2023	Flash Flood	Jamestown	-	Sprague Street in Jamestown was flooded.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Jamestown	-	The rain fell in 20 minutes.
June 2025	Hail	Jamestown	-	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	Jamestown	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Jamestown	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Jamestown	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chautauqua 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.

1905 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1942 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
First Presbyterian Church, Jamestown, New York	0.2 miles	2025
Erie Railroad Station	0.2 miles	2003
Jamestown Downtown Historic District	0.3 miles	2014
Gov. Reuben Fenton Mansion	0.5 miles	1972
Forest Heights Historic District	0.5 miles	2020
Empire Worsted Mills	0.6 miles	2020

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000629 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chautauqua County	All 50 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.