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One of 283 National Register listings published here for Erie County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Fiddlers Green Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1925.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss, 2 objectss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 65-85 Franklin & 23-37 N Buffalo Sts., Springville, 14141
- When was it listed? September 2018
- Category. district
- Town. Concord town
- National Register reference number. 100002922 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1925 to 1960The ground this property stands on, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
60 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Fiddlers Green Historic District between 1995 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | THOMAS CORNERS FIRE |
| 5 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fiddlers Green Historic District: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springville Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Hagerer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John L. Beny Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John L. Beny Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springville, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $8,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Springville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $2,000 | A tree fell on wires in Springville. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | $1,000 | A tree was downed on powerlines. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Springville | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1925 USGS Springville quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 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-Springville | under 500 feet | 1989 |
 | East Main-Mechanic Streets Historic District | under 500 feet | 2002 |
 | Citizens National Bank | under 500 feet | 1996 |
 | Baptist Church of Springville, The | 0.1 miles | 2017 |
 | West End Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2018 |
 | Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Station | 0.5 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002922 in Record Group 79. |
| Erie County | All 283 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.