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One of 50 National Register listings published here for Chautauqua County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Lakewood Village Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 20 West Summit St., Lakewood, 14750
- When was it listed? July 2023
- Category. building
- Town. Busti town
- National Register reference number. 100009161 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
246 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood Village Hall between 2000 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 30 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood Village Hall: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassadaga Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oak Hill Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oak Hill Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| W. Lee Bull Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| W. Lee Bull Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $45,000 | Photos on social media showed a house damaged by a large tree downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $35,000 | Sailboats were flipped in addition to downed trees and power lines. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Lakewood | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $10,000 | Broadcast media reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported trees down by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Lakewood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lakewood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $5,000 | Flooding was reported to close several roads in Lakewood, including Fairmont Avenue, 8th Street, Monroe Street, Chautauqua Mall Boulevard, and Route 394. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lakewood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $2,000 | Trees were down onto Bentley Avenue. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $1,000 | A few trees were downed in the Lakewood area. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $500 | A tree was down and blocking a road in Lakewood. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Tree downed on a house. Multiple wires downed. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
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.
- 1904 USGS Chautaqua quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Lakewood quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jamestown Armory | 3.8 miles | 1995 |
 | Erie Railroad Station | 4.3 miles | 2003 |
 | Wellman Building, The | 4.4 miles | 2009 |
 | Euclid Avenue School | 4.6 miles | 1985 |
| First Presbyterian Church, Jamestown, New York | 4.6 miles | 2025 | |
 | Jamestown Downtown Historic District | 4.7 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009161 in Record Group 79. |
| Chautauqua County | All 50 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.