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One of 39 National Register listings published here for Cattaraugus County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Allegany Council House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1922.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 8156 Old Rt. 17, Jimerstown, Allegany Indian Territories, 14779
- When was it listed? October 2017
- Category. building
- Reservation. Allegany Reservation
- National Register reference number. 100001768 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
121 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Allegany Council House between 1994 and 2017, burning about 221 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 26 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 | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Allegany Council House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.W.Sharp No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited 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.
- 1922 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Little Valley quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | US Post Office-Little Valley | 6.9 miles | 1989 |
| Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building | 7.1 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001768 in Record Group 79. |
| Cattaraugus County | All 39 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.