1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Farmington Quaker Crossroads Historic District is a national historic district located at Farmington in Ontario County, New York, United States. The district encompasses 11 contributing components and three non-contributing components.”
Wikipedia article Farmington Quaker Crossroads Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Ontario County · listed in 2007 · 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 5 buildingss, 1 structure, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
Address. Cty Rd. 8 at Sheldon Rd., Farmington, 14425
When was it listed? April 2007
Category. building
Also known as. Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
Town. Farmington town
National Register reference number. 07000384 - 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

240 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse between 2001 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 51 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	101
Arson/incendiarism	51
Debris and open burning	36
Smoking	16
Natural	14
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
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
7 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
19 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
C.M.Conover Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wayne County Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this property

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$50,000	The public used social media to report a row of power poles blown down.
June 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Farmington	$35,000	A National Weather Service survey confirmed a tornado near Farmington in Ontario County. Initial damage was to a stand of trees near 5009 Shortsville Road. The tornado then traveled east southeast to the buildings at 4941 Shortsville Road. There, in addition to tree damage, a garage and barn were destroyed. A silo from this location was lifted and sent flying about 200 yards to the South Farmington Cemetery. The tornado downed several large trees at the cemetery. The silo landed in the cemetery and caused damage to a fence and couple of dozen headstones. This was the final evidence of the tornado touchdown. There was further tree damage downwind of the tornado on Latting road however that was determined to be the result of straight-line winds.
June 2022	Hail	Farmington	$20,000	Numerous holes were reported in the siding of a house from hail.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	North Farmington	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees down.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$15,000	no account filed
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$10,000	The public reported trees and wires down.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	North Farmington	$10,000	The Ontario County Sheriff reported trees and wires down.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$8,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008	Hail	Farmington	$5,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$2,000	Multiple trees downed.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	North Farmington	$1,000	Trees and wires were reported to be down.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$1,000	The Sheriff reported trees down in Farmington.
January 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	North Farmington	$500	Tree down blocking Hook Road.
January 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	North Farmington	$500	Tree down blocking Rausler Road.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$500	Tree downed, blocking roadway.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmington	$500	Tree downed in Farmington.
June 2025	Flash Flood	Farmington	-	Two buildings flooded in Farmington due to heavy rain.
July 2024	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Farmington	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ontario County

Maps showing this location

6 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.

1900 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1951 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Rochester 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
Felt Cobblestone General Store	4.8 miles	1992
Jeremiah Cronkite House	4.9 miles	2002
South Farmington Friends Cemetery and Meetinghouse Site	5.3 miles	2024
South Farmington Friends Cemetery and Meetinghouse Site	5.4 miles	2024
Osborne House	5.6 miles	1980
Valentown Hall	5.8 miles	1997

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07000384 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.
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.