Kimble-Nellé House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1923.

From the record

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Cattaraugus County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 57 North Chapel St., Gowanda, 14070
When was it listed? June 2021
Category. building
Town. Persia town
National Register reference number. 100006643 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

93 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Kimble-Nellé House between 2000 and 2019, burning about 56 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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	55
Arson/incendiarism	16
Natural	8
Debris and open burning	7
Recreation and ceremony	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	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
22 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	SOUTH BRANCH FIRE
3 August 2018	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
27 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kimble-Nellé House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gernatt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gernatt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Vogtlis Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this property

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gowanda, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 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 2009	Flash Flood	Gowanda	1 killed, 1 hurt, $45,000,000	no account filed
May 2014	Flash Flood	Gowanda	$5,000,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flash Flood	Gowanda	$2,500,000	no account filed
July 2015	Flash Flood	Gowanda	$750,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$25,000	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$25,000	no account filed
January 2017	Flood	Gowanda	$20,000	Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda crested at 10.70' at 6:00 PM EST on January 12. Flood stage is 10 feet.
December 2013	Flood	Gowanda	$20,000	Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda crested at 11.54 feet at 17:00 EST on 12/21/2013. Flood Stage is 10 feet.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$12,000	Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$10,000	Multiple reports of trees down around Gowanda.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
November 2017	Flood	Gowanda	$10,000	Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda crested at 11.0 feet at 12:30 AM on the 6th (Flood Stage is 10 feet).
September 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$5,000	A tree was downed on a house and car.
May 2000	Hail	Gowanda	$5,000	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$1,000	Trees and wires were reported down.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	$500	A tree was downed across Broadway Road.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowanda	-	Report from Facebook of tree falling on a house.
June 2025	Flash Flood	Gowanda	-	Report of numerous streets in Gowanda with flooding, including Route 39.
September 2022	Flash Flood	Gowanda	-	Flooding was reported on Route 39.

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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.

1923 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1938 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1963 USGS Gowanda quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

3 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
Hollywood Theater	0.1 miles	1986
Gowanda Village Historic District	0.1 miles	1986
Bank of Gowanda	0.2 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100006643 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.
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.