Augustus S. Tyron House

Built in 1867 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Tyron House, also known as the Tryon-Prentice-Powers House, is a historic home located at Le Roy, Genesee County, New York. It was built in 1867, and is a two-story, Italianate style frame dwelling with a recessed two-story wing.”
Wikipedia article Augustus S. Tyron House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 2013 · category: Building · built in 1867, Italianate architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Tyron, Augustus S., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 15 Church St., Le Roy, 14482
When was it listed? March 2013
Category. building
Town. Le Roy town
When was it built? 1867
Architectural style. Italianate architecture
National Register reference number. 13000074 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

87 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Augustus S. Tyron House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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	50
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	12
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	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
8 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Augustus S. Tyron House: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Natural Gas. 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
Allen's Creek Deposit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
C.Davis No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Past Producer
Lake Road Gravel Products	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
North Leroy Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Leroy Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
Leroy Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
North Leroy Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
C.H.Ivison No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Lehigh Salt Shaft	Salt	Past Producer
Salt Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

22 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Roy, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. 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
July 2012	Flash Flood	Le Roy	$50,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$20,000	no account filed
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees on West Main Street.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$15,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$10,000	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$10,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$10,000	no account filed
January 1998	Flash Flood	Le Roy	$10,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$2,000	Trees and wires downed.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$2,000	Trees and power lines were reported down in Le Roy.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$2,000	Trees and poles were reported down.
January 1998	Flash Flood	Le Roy	$1,000	no account filed
January 1998	Flash Flood	Le Roy	$1,000	no account filed
October 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	$500	Tree downed on road.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	-	Tree downed onto house on Ward Place in Le Roy, causing minor damage.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Le Roy	-	New York State Route 5 and railroad underpass flooded. Around 5 feet of water.
August 2020	Heavy Rain	Le Roy	-	A trained spotter reported 2.06 inches of rainfall.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Le Roy	-	A spotter reported trees and power lines down.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Le Roy	-	no account filed
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Le Roy	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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.

1904 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1944 USGS Le Roy quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1950 USGS Le Roy quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 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
St. Mark's Episcopal Church & Cemetery	0.1 miles	2021
LeRoy House and Union Free School	0.2 miles	1997
St. Mark's Episcopal Church & Cemetery	0.2 miles	2021
US Post Office-Le Roy	0.3 miles	1989
Le Roy Historic District	0.3 miles	2017
First Presbyterian Church of Le Roy	0.4 miles	2014

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 13000074 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Genesee County	All 27 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.