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One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 2022 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Avon Village Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
The listing
- Address. Portions of East and West Main, Genesee, Prospect, Oak, Temple, Clinton, Cemetery, Doer, and Railroad Sts.; Fisk and Park Pls., Wadsworth Ave.., Avon, 14414
- When was it listed? April 2022
- Category. district
- Town. Avon town
- National Register reference number. 100007683 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
118 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Avon Village Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Avon Village Historic District: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Avon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Halpin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Halpin Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Number 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Number 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avon, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Heavy Snow | Avon | $75,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Avon | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Avon | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Avon. Trees damaged several parked cars. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $20,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $10,000 | Trees, powerlines, and power poles downed. |
| November 2017 | Flood | South Avon | $10,000 | Genesee River at Avon crested at 33.85 feet at 7:30 AM on the 6th (Flood Stage is 33 feet). |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $10,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $10,000 | Thunderstorms developed in a moist, unstable atmosphere and produced damaging winds and large hail. The winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages resulted. The torrential rains of the thunderstorms resulted in localized poor drainage flooding. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Avon | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $5,000 | Multiple reports of trees down received in the Village of Avon. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $5,000 | A tree was reported down onto a trailer. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Avon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Avon | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed making road impassable. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $2,000 | Power lines were downed in the village of Avon, including at North Avenue and Main Street. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Avon | $2,000 | Thunderstorms developed in a moist, unstable atmosphere and produced damaging winds and large hail. The winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages resulted. The torrential rains of the thunderstorms resulted in localized poor drainage flooding. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Avon | $1,000 | Wires downed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $1,000 | Power lines downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $1,000 | A tree was reported down and on fire from the electrical wires it took down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | - | Large tree downed on a house. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Avon | - | Report of Wadsworth Ave closed with water flowing over the road. Possible road damage also reported. |
| October 2021 | Flood | Avon | - | Minor flooding was reported along the Genesee River at Avon. The river peaked at 34.4 feet. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Avon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Avon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | East Avon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Avon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Avon | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Avon | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Avon | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | East Avon | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | East Avon | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Avon | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1901 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1934 USGS Rush quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Rush quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rush quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon | 0.1 miles | 2005 |
 | Avon Inn | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
 | Aaron Barber Memorial Building | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Hall's Opera Block | 0.2 miles | 2006 |
 | J. Francis Kellogg House | 0.3 miles | 2003 |
 | Avon Five Arch Bridge | 1.2 miles | 2012 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007683 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.