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One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 1977 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Geneseo Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
The listing
- Address. Historic core and most fashionable area as well as both Wadsworth Estates; The Homeste and Hartford House, Geneseo, 14454
- When was it listed? July 1977
- Category. district
- Town. Geneseo town
- National Register reference number. 08000659 - 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
165 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Geneseo Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 49 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Geneseo Historic District: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reynolds Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Old Retsof Shaft | Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1884 | |
| Retsof Mine | Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1884 | |
| Fuller Shaft | Salt | Producer | ||
| Geo.F.Hudson Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Livingston Salt Co.Well No.1 | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Phoenix Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Retsof Shaft & Mill | Salt | Plant | ||
| Sterling Salt Shaft No.1 | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneseo, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $50,000 | Multiple large trees were downed across a large swath of Geneseo. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $50,000 | Downed trees littered the length of Route 20A east of Geneseo. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Geneseo | $20,000 | Heavy rain washed out a culvert on North Lima Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $12,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Geneseo. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Eagle Point Road. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Geneseo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $5,000 | Trees and wires downed in Geneseo. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in Geneseo. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported down along Country Club Road and Lima Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down throughout town. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $500 | A tree was reported down onto Country Club Road. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Geneseo | - | Lima Road closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Geneseo | - | Video on social media showing water flowing across roads and up to homes along a street in downtown Geneseo. |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited 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.
- 1904 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Geneseo quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Geneseo quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500 - 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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Main Street Historic District | under 500 feet | 1977 |
| Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) | under 500 feet | 1985 | |
| Homestead, The | 0.6 miles | 1974 | |
 | Sweet Briar | 2.0 miles | 2010 |
 | Westerly | 2.7 miles | 1974 |
 | National Hotel | 3.3 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000659 in Record Group 79. |
| Livingston County | All 92 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.