Edith B. Ford Memorial Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Seneca County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Ford, Edith B., Memorial Library - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 7169 Main St., Ovid, 14521
When was it listed? May 2018
Category. building
Town. Ovid town
National Register reference number. 100002514 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

71 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Edith B. Ford Memorial Library between 2000 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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	29
Arson/incendiarism	15
Debris and open burning	14
Smoking	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
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.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
21 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
16 September 2018	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 September 2008	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 August 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edith B. Ford Memorial Library: 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
	Carrie Chapman No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this property

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ovid, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2021	Flash Flood	Ovid	$140,000	Severe flash flooding caused a structure to collapse.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Ovid	$100,000	Slow-moving thunderstorms produced flash flooding of numerous roads, culverts, and low lying underpasses in southern Seneca County. A state of emergency was declared in Seneca County due to the flash flooding as many roads were either flooded or impassable. The flooding included the towns of Covert and Ovid, and the village of Interlaken. There were several flooded basements in the town of Ovid. An estimated 3 to 4 inches of rain fell.
August 2021	Flash Flood	Ovid	$30,000	Widespread flooding occurred throughout the streets of Ovid.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Ovid	$15,000	A road was washed out on County Route 131.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$10,000	Several trees and powerlines blown down across the southern part of the county.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$10,000	A thunderstorm quickly became severe over southern portions of Seneca county. Downed trees and wires were reported in the town of Ovid. The cell weakened below severe limits a short time later.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$7,000	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$5,000	no account filed
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$3,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires down on a car. Unknown if car was occupied or if there were injuries.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$2,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires at an Ovid restaurant-gas station from the second severe storm that went through the area.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree onto Route 414, blocking all lanes.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	$1,000	Wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Ovid	-	A power pole was blown down.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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.

1902 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1942 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1942 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Auburn 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
Seneca County Courthouse Complex at Ovid	under 500 feet	1976
Jones, Hannah and George W. House	0.3 miles	2020
David and Mary Kinne Farmstead	1.5 miles	2007
Aaron Wilson House	2.2 miles	2001
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane	2.9 miles	1975
Lodi Methodist Church	4.5 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100002514 in Record Group 79.
Seneca 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.
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.