Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1933.
“Ceres School is a historic two-room school building located at Ceres in Allegany County, New York. It was built in 1855 and remodeled in 1893 with Italianate and Queen Anne style design elements.”
Wikipedia article Ceres School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 34 National Register listings published here for Allegany County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Ceres School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | BORDER |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | LOW |
| 6 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 18 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 72 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ceres School between 1917 and 1956: 45 Animalia, 26 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Robins, Charles Robins; John New; Robert Dickerman, D. B. Ward and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 1789 | 1917 | E. E. Honey | |
 | Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | 1938 | Sherman Bishop | Wolf Cr. |
 | Notropis volucellus (Cope, 1865) | 1938 | Sherman Bishop | Wolf Cr. |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Dodge Cr., 2 mi. NE of Bedford Corners |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Wolf Cr. above entrance of Dodge Cr. |
 | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Dodge Cr., 2 mi. NE of Bedford Corners |
 | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Wolf Cr. above entrance of Dodge Cr. |
 | Etheostoma olmstedi Storer, 1842 | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Wolf Cr. above entrance of Dodge Cr. |
 | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Dodge Cr., 2 mi. NE of Bedford Corners |
 | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Dodge Cr., 2 mi. NE of Bedford Corners |
 | Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Wolf Cr. above entrance of Dodge Cr. |
 | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1940 | Roman Pfeiffer | Wolf Cr. above entrance of Dodge Cr. |
All 72 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ceres School: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millgrove Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ceres, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceres | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Little Genesee Schoolhouse-Genesee District No. 1 School | 3.6 miles | 2025 | |
| Bolivar Free Library | 7.1 miles | 2003 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000991 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Allegany County | All 34 listed properties in this county. |
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