Levi Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Levi Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Seneca in Ontario County, New York. It is a cobblestone structure that was constructed in 1836 in the Greek Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Levi Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Ontario County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Listed as. Barden, Levi, Cobblestone Farmhouse - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 5300 Wabash Rd., Seneca, 14456
When was it listed? July 2003
Category. building
Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
Town. Seneca town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 03000690 - 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

64 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Levi Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse between 2000 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 3 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	28
Arson/incendiarism	16
Debris and open burning	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	3
Natural	3
Other causes	1
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
5 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Levi Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse: 2 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
Benton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Benton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Guyanoga Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Guyanoga Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

1902 USGS Phelps quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1942 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1952 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Canandaigua 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
Seneca Presbyterian Church	2.4 miles	1973
Rippey Cobblestone Farmhouse	4.8 miles	1992
Belhurst Castle	5.5 miles	1987
Nester House	6.1 miles	1984
Ashcroft	6.2 miles	1975
Thomas Barron House	6.3 miles	1988

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000690 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ontario County	All 78 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.