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One of 283 National Register listings published here for Erie County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bank of East Aurora
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 649 Main St., East Aurora, 14052
- When was it listed? July 2021
- Category. building
- Town. Aurora town
- National Register reference number. 100006757 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1905 to 1960The ground this property stands on, surveyed 55 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
138 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Bank of East Aurora between 2003 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 18 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 | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Storms near this property
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Aurora, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $20,000 | The media relayed reports of trees and wires down. A trailer was blown over. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $15,000 | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds on Maple Road in East Aurora. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $12,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $10,000 | A tree fell on a house on Girard Avenue. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $10,000 | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds on Olean Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees at Maple and First Streets. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in East Aurora. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $8,000 | Reports of downed trees by thunderstorm winds were noted on social media. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $5,000 | Power pole snapped; trees and wires downed. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $5,000 | Thunderstorms which moved onshore from Lake Erie produced damaging winds and spawned a weak tornado. The tornado mainly uprooted trees, one of which fell onto a house. |
| July 2011 | Hail | East Aurora | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $3,000 | Trees and power lines reported down on Knox Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $1,000 | Large trees were downed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Aurora | $1,000 | Large trees were downed. |
| July 2024 | Hail | East Aurora | - | Nickel to quarter sized hailstones reported in East Aurora. |
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.
- 1905 USGS Depew quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Depew quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1950 USGS East Aurora quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1965 USGS East Aurora quadrangle1:24000 - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeomans House | 0.4 miles | 2024 | |
 | Roycroft Campus, Copper Shop | 0.4 miles | 1974 |
| St. Matthias Episcopal Church Complex | 0.5 miles | 2019 | |
 | George and Gladys Scheidemantel House | 0.6 miles | 1993 |
 | Baker Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.6 miles | 2012 |
 | Millard Fillmore House | 0.6 miles | 1974 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006757 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.
- 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.