Built in 1832 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“The Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone Schoolhouse is a historic schoolhouse located in the Town of Gaines in Orleans County, New York, near Albion. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 12, 2017.”
Wikipedia article Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone Schoolhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Orleans County · listed in 2017 · category: Building · built in 1832, Greek Revival architecture.
Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
Town. Gaines town
When was it built? 1832
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 100001070 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
150 since 2001
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone Schoolhouse
between 2001 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 41 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
66
Arson/incendiarism
41
Natural
11
Smoking
11
Debris and open burning
10
Equipment and vehicle use
5
Recreation and ceremony
3
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Other causes
1
Misuse of fire by a minor
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone Schoolhouse: 3 producers.
All of them 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Albion, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 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.
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.
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.
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.
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