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Photograph of Machpelah Cemetery
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Machpelah Cemetery

Built in 1858. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Machpelah Cemetery is located on North Street in Le Roy, New York, United States. It was opened in the mid-19th century and expanded since then.”

Wikipedia article Machpelah Cemetery (Le Roy, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1858.

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

The listing

  • Address. North St., LeRoy, 14482
  • When was it listed? November 2007
  • Category. building
  • Town. Le Roy town
  • When was it built? 1858
  • National Register reference number. 07001204 - 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

90 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Machpelah Cemetery between 2000 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Machpelah Cemetery: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Natural Gas. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen's Creek DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
C.Davis No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Lake Road Gravel ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Leroy QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Leroy MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C.H.Ivison No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Lehigh Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Augustus S. Tyron House0.4 miles2013
St. Mark's Episcopal Church & Cemetery0.5 miles2021
LeRoy House and Union Free School0.6 miles1997
St. Mark's Episcopal Church & Cemetery0.6 miles2021
US Post Office-Le Roy0.7 miles1989
Le Roy Historic District0.7 miles2017

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07001204 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Genesee CountyAll 27 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.