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Photograph of Gowanda Village Historic District
Photograph by Pubdog, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hollywood Theater

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1923.

From the record

“Gowanda Village Historic District is a historic district located at Gowanda in Cattaraugus County, New York. The district encompasses five early 20th century commercial buildings constructed 1925-1926.”

Wikipedia article Gowanda Village Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Cattaraugus County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

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 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 37, 39, 41--45, 47--49, and 53 W. Main St., Gowanda, 14070
  • When was it listed? September 1986
  • Category. building
  • Town. Persia town
  • National Register reference number. 86002691 - 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

94 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood Theater between 2000 and 2019, burning about 57 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning8
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH BRANCH FIRE
3 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hollywood Theater: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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
Gernatt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gernatt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vogtlis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this property

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gowanda, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2009Flash FloodGowanda1 killed, 1 hurt, $45,000,000no account filed
May 2014Flash FloodGowanda$5,000,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodGowanda$2,500,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodGowanda$750,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGowanda$25,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGowanda$25,000no account filed
January 2017FloodGowanda$20,000Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda crested at 10.70' at 6:00 PM EST on January 12. Flood stage is 10 feet.
December 2013FloodGowanda$20,000Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda crested at 11.54 feet at 17:00 EST on 12/21/2013. Flood Stage is 10 feet.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGowanda$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindGowanda$12,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGowanda$10,000Multiple reports of trees down around Gowanda.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindGowanda$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
November 2017FloodGowanda$10,000Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda crested at 11.0 feet at 12:30 AM on the 6th (Flood Stage is 10 feet).
September 2017Thunderstorm WindGowanda$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGowanda$5,000A tree was downed on a house and car.
May 2000HailGowanda$5,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGowanda$1,000Trees and wires were reported down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGowanda$500A tree was downed across Broadway Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindGowanda-Report from Facebook of tree falling on a house.
June 2025Flash FloodGowanda-Report of numerous streets in Gowanda with flooding, including Route 39.
September 2022Flash FloodGowanda-Flooding was reported on Route 39.

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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.

Listed places nearby

2 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
Bank of Gowandaunder 500 feet2001
Kimble-Nellé House0.1 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002691 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cattaraugus CountyAll 39 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.