Oak Hill Park Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Oak Hill Park Historic District is a historic district located at Olean in Cattaraugus County, New York. The 32.5-acre (132,000 m2) district encompasses 89 properties including 82 residences, two churches, one school, and a landscape design.”
Wikipedia article Oak Hill Park Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Cattaraugus County · listed in 1997 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly along Laurens, N. Second, Third, Fourth, and W. Sullivan Sts., Olean, 14760
When was it listed? December 1997
Category. district
City. Olean city
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture, Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 97001495 - 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill Park Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 174 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 22 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	81
Debris and open burning	38
Arson/incendiarism	22
Smoking	20
Natural	16
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2008	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

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 Oak Hill Park Historic District: 5 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Allegany Aggregates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Allegany Aggregates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gulf Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gulf Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
William J. Lippert & Son S & G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this property

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olean, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 33 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 flood. 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
September 2001	Lightning	Olean	2 hurt	no account filed
January 1999	Heavy Snow	Olean	$150,000	no account filed
March 2007	Flood	Olean	$100,000	no account filed
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$50,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$50,000	no account filed
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$50,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$45,000	no account filed
August 1999	Flash Flood	Olean	$35,000	no account filed
September 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$25,000	Several trees were reported down in Olean. Some of the trees fell on houses.
March 2011	Flood	Olean	$25,000	no account filed
March 2011	Flood	Olean	$25,000	no account filed
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$20,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on a house on South Barry Street.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$17,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	A newspaper article reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds in Olean.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	Law enforcement reported downed trees blocking several roads in Olean.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Garden Avenue.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees down on Main Street.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	A trained spotter reported trees down and an awning torn off a building.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	Numerous trees and branches were downed throughout Olean.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2012	Flash Flood	Olean	$15,000	no account filed
June 2005	Flash Flood	Olean	$15,000	no account filed
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$12,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
August 1996	Flash Flood	Olean	$11,000	no account filed
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees down on West Riverside Drive.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
May 2013	Hail	Olean	$10,000	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$10,000	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$10,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$5,000	Trees and wires were reported down in multiple locations around Olean.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$5,000	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Olean	$5,000	no account filed
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$5,000	no account filed
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$3,000	Numerous trees downed in Olean.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$3,000	no account filed
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$2,000	Tree and several powerlines downed.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$2,000	Trees and wires were downed.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$2,000	Multiple reports of trees down were received.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$2,000	Several trees and wires were down around Olean.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$2,000	Trees and power lines were reported down in Olean.
August 1996	Hail	Olean	$2,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Olean	$1,000	Trees were reported down.
June 2024	Heavy Rain	Olean	-	Total 24 hour rainfall from COOP observation station OLNN6 in Olean of 4.41 inches.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Olean	-	Video of water on Union Street near Jamestown Community College in Olean.
September 2024	Flash Flood	Olean	-	Buffalo Street closed due to flooding.
September 2022	Flash Flood	Olean	-	Flash flooding with road closures occurred on South Union Street and Martha Avenue just south of Olean.
August 2021	Heavy Rain	Olean	-	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

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.

1898 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1938 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1943 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Olean quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Union and State Streets Historic District	0.3 miles	2015
US Post Office-Olean	0.3 miles	1989
Olean Public Library	0.4 miles	1985
Olean Armory	0.4 miles	1995
Olean School #10	0.4 miles	2010
Temple B'Nai Israel	0.4 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97001495 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cattaraugus County	All 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.