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Photograph of Fireman's Hall
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fireman's Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.

From the record

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Allegany County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 7 W. University St., Alfred, 14803
  • When was it listed? March 1980
  • Category. building
  • Town. Alfred town
  • National Register reference number. 80004275 - 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

27 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Fireman's Hall between 2002 and 2020, burning about 34 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 May 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 206 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 206 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fireman's Hall between 1870 and 1973: 118 Animalia, 78 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hazzard, A. L. Moldenke, A. P. Garber 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Phragmidium subcorticium (Schrank) G.WinterPhragmidium subcorticium (Schrank) G.Winter1925Elrene Crandall
Specimen of unnamed (fossil)1953Hugo R. Greinerss, 1740-ft elev., N side of rd along N side of Vandermark Creek, & .2 mi E of S-flowing tributary, & 2 mi E of Scio
Specimen of Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)1967W.T. Johnsoneast of Andover
A photograph of the species Salix bebbiana, not of this specimenSalix bebbiana Sarg.1870A. P. GarberAndover
A photograph of the species Haemorhous purpureus, not of this specimenHaemorhous purpureus purpureus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1885not recordedAlfred
A photograph of the species Aquilegia canadensis, not of this specimenAquilegia canadensis L.1887De Alton Saunders & La ForgeAlfred
A photograph of the species Amelanchier alnifolia, not of this specimenAmelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M.Roem.1888DeAlton SaundersAlfred Centre; 42.25417 -77.79083
A photograph of the species Anemone quinquefolia, not of this specimenAnemone quinquefolia var. interior Fernald1888De Alton SaundersAlfred
A photograph of the species Aquilegia vulgaris, not of this specimenAquilegia vulgaris L.1888De Alton SaundersAlfred Centre
A photograph of the species Asarum canadense, not of this specimenAsarum canadense L.1888De Alton SaundersAlfred Centre
A photograph of the species Caltha palustris, not of this specimenCaltha palustris L.1888De Alton SaundersAlfred Centre
A photograph of the species Cardamine bulbosa, not of this specimenCardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1888DeAlton SaundersAlfred Centre, N.Y.

All 206 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 Fireman's Hall: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alfed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Alfred PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alfred Station PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Alfred Station PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Allegany County

Storms near this property

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alfred, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2004Flash FloodAlfred$30,000no account filed
April 1996Flash FloodAlfred$20,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlfred$15,000Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindAlfred$12,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlfred$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAlfred$9,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAlfred$5,000Multiple reports of trees downed in Alfred.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindAlfred$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAlfred$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAlfred$500A tree was reported down onto Randolph Road.

Every storm recorded in Allegany County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Alfred Village Historic District0.1 miles1985
Alumni Hall0.2 miles1985
Reynolds House, The0.2 miles2022
Alfred Steinheim Museum0.2 miles1973
Terra Cotta Building0.3 miles1972
West Almond Churches5.8 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80004275 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Allegany CountyAll 34 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.