Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
“Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse is a historic boathouse located on Grand Island in Erie County, New York. The boathouse was built as part of the "River Lawn" estate of Elbridge G.”
Wikipedia article Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 283 National Register listings published here for Erie County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse between 2000 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 35 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/undetermined | 105 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Riverside Park | 3.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Public School No. 60 | 4.0 miles | 2014 |
| Wood and Brooks Company Factory Complex | 4.2 miles | 2023 | |
 | Buffalo Smelting Works | 4.3 miles | 2011 |
| Buffalo Public School No. 51 | 4.3 miles | 2019 | |
 | Eberz House | 4.4 miles | 2011 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000552 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. |
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