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Elmwood

Built in 1855 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Alward House, is a historic home located at Nunda in Livingston County, New York. It was built about 1855 and is a two-story, Italianate style frame dwelling designed by Rochester architects Austin & Warner.”

Wikipedia article Elmwood (Nunda, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1855, Italianate architecture, by Andrew Jackson Warner.

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

The listing

  • Address. 19 N. Walnut St., Nunda, 14517
  • When was it listed? February 2015
  • Category. building
  • Town. Nunda town
  • When was it built? 1855
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture
  • Architect. Andrew Jackson Warner
  • National Register reference number. 15000030 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

79 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Elmwood between 2001 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined36
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Elmwood: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nunda WellSaltPast Producer
Nunda Highway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nunda Village PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Portage Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this property

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nunda, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003Flash FloodNunda$10,000,000no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodNunda$40,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNunda$15,000Television reports showed numerous large tree limbs down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNunda$15,000no account filed
August 2007HailNunda$11,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindNunda$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and flipped a carport.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindNunda$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNunda$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindNunda$10,000no account filed
July 2006HailNunda$8,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNunda$5,000Many trees were down north of Nunda.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindNunda$5,000no account filed
April 2023Thunderstorm WindNunda$2,000Trees and wires were downed in Nunda.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNunda$500A tree was downed.
May 2025Flash FloodNunda-Keshequa Creek overflowed its banks, with water up to several houses on Water Street in the Town of Nunda.

Every storm recorded in Livingston County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

5 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Nunda Village Historic District0.5 miles2025
Union Block0.6 miles2000
Edgerley2.2 miles1980
G.A.R. Memorial Hall4.0 miles2006
First Presbyterian Church of Tuscarora4.8 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 15000030 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Livingston CountyAll 92 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.