Rich-Twinn Octagon House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“The Rich-Twinn Octagon House built in 1849 is an historic octagonal house located at 145 Main Street in Akron, New York. It is one of three known octagon houses in Erie County, New York and was "meticulously restored" prior to its 1994 nomination to the National Register.”
Wikipedia article Rich-Twinn Octagon House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 283 National Register listings published here for Erie County · listed in 1995 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Rich--Twinn Octagon House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 145 Main St., Akron, 14001
When was it listed? February 1995
Category. building
Town. Newstead town
National Register reference number. 95000050 - 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

151 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Rich-Twinn Octagon House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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	94
Arson/incendiarism	17
Debris and open burning	15
Natural	12
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rich-Twinn Octagon House: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, Natural Gas, Sulfur. 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
(Facility) Amax Zirconium Refinery	Zirconium, Hafnium	Plant
American Gypsum Co. Shaft	Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur	Past Producer
B.Feldman No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Prospect
Pembroke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Akron Gypsum Co.Shaft	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
American Gypsum Co. Shaft	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Standard Plaster Co. Workings	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Test Holes For Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Universal Gypsum and Lime Co. Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this property

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Akron, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2000	Lightning	Akron	2 hurt	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$15,000	no account filed
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2006	Hail	Akron	$10,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$8,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$8,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$2,000	Trees were reported down by local media.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$2,000	Trees were reported down.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	$1,000	Trees downed in the road off of Bloomingdale Road.

Every storm recorded in Erie 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.

1897 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1949 USGS Akron quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1951 USGS Akron quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1981 USGS Akron quadrangle1:25000
1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
US Post Office-Akron	1.1 miles	1988
Automobile Club of Buffalo	6.0 miles	2012
Eshelman, J., and Company Store	7.2 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95000050 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Erie County	All 283 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.