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Photograph of Park Square Historic District
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Park Square Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1924.

From the record

“Park Square Historic District is a historic district located at Franklinville in Cattaraugus County, New York. The district encompasses the historic core of the village of Franklinville and include the landscaped village green, brickpaved streets, and the commercial or civic buildings fronting on the square or located immediately adjacent to it.”

Wikipedia article Park Square Historic District (Franklinville, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

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

The listing

Fires near this property

42 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Park Square Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 July 2018Other causes1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 June 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Park Square Historic District: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Clara Howard No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Franklinville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Franklinville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Machias PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Machias PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Machias Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Machias PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this property

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklinville, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodFranklinville$25,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$25,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$10,000Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Maple Avenue.
July 1997HailFranklinville$10,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$8,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 1997HailFranklinville$7,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$2,000Multiple trees and wires downed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$2,000Trees and wires downed.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$2,000Trees were reported down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$2,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$1,500Tree and wires downed.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$1,000Trees were reported down in Franklinville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFranklinville$500A tree was downed in the village of Franklinville.
August 2021Heavy RainFranklinville-Storm total rainfall that was reported during the entirety of the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred.

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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

3 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
Simeon B. Robbins Houseunder 500 feet2003
North Lyndon Schoolhouse5.3 miles2000
Bryant Hill Cemetery7.7 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002719 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.