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One of 78 National Register listings published here for Ontario County · listed in 2024 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
South Farmington Friends Cemetery and Meetinghouse Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 2 sitess, 2 objectss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 4899 Shortsville Rd & County Road 28, Farmington, 14548
- When was it listed? 2024-02-02
- Category. site
- Town. Farmington town
- National Register reference number. 100009878 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
249 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of South Farmington Friends Cemetery and Meetinghouse Site between 2001 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 71 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 | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of South Farmington Friends Cemetery and Meetinghouse Site: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.R.Brown No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Jansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Manchester Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Manchester Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
23 since 1998Regional 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 |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited 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 Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:24000 - 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Canandaigua Veterans Hospital Historic District | 3.7 miles | 2012 |
 | Cobblestone Manor | 3.8 miles | 1984 |
 | Francis Granger House | 3.9 miles | 1984 |
 | Sonnenberg Gardens | 4.0 miles | 1973 |
 | North Main Street Historic District | 4.4 miles | 1973 |
 | Canandaigua Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 4.5 miles | 2016 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009878 in Record Group 79. |
| 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.