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South Street Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“South Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Cuba in Allegany County, New York. The district consists of 12 acres (49,000 m2) and includes 48 contributing buildings.”

Wikipedia article South Street Historic District (Cuba, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Allegany County · listed in 1988 · 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

  • Address. 17, 19--89 South St., Cuba, 14727
  • When was it listed? May 1988
  • Category. district
  • Town. Cuba town
  • National Register reference number. 88000585 - 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

70 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of South Street Historic District between 2000 and 2019, burning about 56 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined47
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
30 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 323 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 323 specimens collected within 10 miles of South Street Historic District between 1877 and 1974: 303 Animalia, 11 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Latta, C.F. Stone, Carl O. Dunbar, Paul Sartenaer 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 Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.1877Ch. H. PeckSummit
Specimen of Leptosphaeria coniothyrium (Fuckel) Sacc.Leptosphaeria coniothyrium (Fuckel) Sacc.1921H.S. Guilford
Specimen of Macrosporium ornatissimum Ellis & Barthol.Macrosporium ornatissimum Ellis & Barthol.1941M. F. BarrusFarm west of Belmont
A photograph of the species Sphacelotheca hydropiperis, not of this specimenSphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary1877Peck Ch. H.Summit
A photograph of the species Clavaria fusiformis, not of this specimenClavaria fusiformis Sowerby1885not recordedPeat Moss, Brookton
A photograph of the species Carex pallescens, not of this specimenCarex pallescens L.1895H. H. TaylorMcGrawville. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Carex swanii, not of this specimenCarex swanii (Fernald) Mack.1895H. TaylorMcGrawville [=possibly New Hudson, in Allegany County, NY.]
A photograph of the species Carex interior, not of this specimenCarex interior L.H.Bailey1896G. T. HastingsSummit
A photograph of the species Glyceria striata, not of this specimenGlyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc.1896G. T. HastingsSummit.
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898C.F. StoneFriendship
A photograph of the species Alternaria Nees, not of this specimenAlternaria Nees1904LattaFriendship
A photograph of the species Alternaria panax, not of this specimenAlternaria panax Whetzel1910Osner G.MCGRAWVILLE

All 323 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuba, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCuba$75,000no account filed
June 2013Flash FloodCuba$60,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCuba$50,000An isolated thunderstorm produced damaging winds that downed a 75 foot pine tree. The tree fell onto a house resulting in structural damage to the roof and second story. An outdoor gazebo was also flattened by the tree.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindCuba$50,000Thunderstorms produced high winds and torrential rains during the afternoon and evening hours. The strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages were reported. The torrential rains caused some poor drainage flooding. In Olean, underpasses were flooded with waist-deep water.
September 2016Flash FloodCuba$45,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCuba$30,000no account filed
August 2011Flash FloodCuba$25,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCuba$20,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Flash FloodCuba$20,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCuba$20,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCuba$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCuba$15,000Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCuba$15,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2004Flash FloodCuba$15,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCuba$15,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCuba$15,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCuba$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down on Mill Street.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCuba$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCuba$10,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCuba$10,000no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCuba$10,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCuba$8,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCuba$5,000Multiple reports of trees downed in the Town of Cuba.
May 1998HailCuba$5,000A thunderstorm during the early morning hours produced torrential rains and quarter-sized hail.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCuba$4,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCuba$2,000Trees and wires reported down by law enforcement.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCuba$1,000Trees were reported down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCuba$1,000Trees and wires were reported down.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindNorth Cuba$1,000A large tree was reported down in New Hudson.
July 2018FloodNorth Cuba$1,000Dutch Hill Road closed due to high water.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCuba$500A tree was downed on State Route 446.
June 2025Flash FloodCuba-Flooding occurring with multiple road closures throughout town.

Every storm recorded in Allegany 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

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
Keller Opera House0.2 miles1999
Main Street Historic District0.2 miles1999
McKinney Stables of Empire City Farms0.3 miles1999
Cuba Cemetery0.6 miles2015
Wellman House7.1 miles1974
Friendship Free Library7.2 miles2008

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88000585 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.
  • 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.