Alexander Classical School

Built in 1837. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“The former Alexander Classical School, today Alexander Town Hall, is located on Buffalo Street in Alexander, New York, United States. It is a three-story cobblestone building erected in the 1830s.”
Wikipedia article Alexander Classical School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1837.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Buffalo St., Alexander, 14005
When was it listed? October 1973
Category. building
Town. Alexander town
When was it built? 1837
National Register reference number. 73001191 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

55 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Alexander Classical School between 2003 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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	35
Debris and open burning	10
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	3
Smoking	2

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 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
22 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 August 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 July 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Alexander Classical School: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, 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
G.H.Beaver No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Past Producer
Charles Chick Well	Salt	Past Producer
L.C.Wilkie Well	Salt	Past Producer
Alexander Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Alexander Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Batavia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Batavia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gilhooly Pit No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gilhooly Pit No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alexander, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Alexander	$25,000	An NWS storm survey team found that a tornado initially touched down just north of the Alexander Fire Department and Recreational Hall with damage to the roof of a pavilion. A nearby building had its metal roof peeled back and a trailer, with some supporting anchor braces, was rolled over on its side. The tornado continued east-northeast snapping numerous trees in a wooded area just to the west of NYS Route 98/Alexander Road. The tornado then removed shingles and shattered windows to residences along Alexander Road then produced tree damage in a convergent pattern to the east just before crossing Tonawanda Creek. Finally, the tornado crossed a field before snapping two very large trees at the Alexander Cemetery and an adjacent commercial building. This is where the tornado damage ended.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	East Alexander	$10,000	Trees were reported down with damage to the roof of a barn on Creek Road.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Alexander	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds on Beaver Road.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Alexander	$10,000	Tents were blown over at the Alexander Steam Show.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Alexander	$7,000	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	North Alexander	$5,000	Several trees downed.
October 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Alexander	$500	Tree downed on Route 98.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Alexander	$500	A tree was downed in Alexander.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	North Alexander	$500	Trees and limbs down across Route 98.
August 2022	Hail	Alexander	-	no account filed
September 2012	Hail	Alexander	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

1905 USGS Attica quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1944 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1949 USGS Attica quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1984 USGS Corfu quadrangle1:25000 - 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
Holland Land Office	7.5 miles	1966
Genesee County Courthouse	7.5 miles	1973
Genesee County Courthouse Historic District	7.6 miles	1982
Newberry Building	7.6 miles	2017
Batavia Club	7.7 miles	1973
Batavia Cemetery	7.7 miles	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73001191 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.