1883 Barn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Tompkins County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 2981 Elmira Rd., Newfield, 14867
When was it listed? November 2025
Category. building
Town. Newfield town
National Register reference number. 100012400 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering 1883 Barn, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet covering 1883 Barn, surveyed 1893

Fires near this property

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of 1883 Barn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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	16
Arson/incendiarism	14
Debris and open burning	10
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	4
Natural	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
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
17 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
1 August 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
2 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 July 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 July 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 June 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 June 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
17 June 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of 1883 Barn: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
D.Hager No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Jackson Hollow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Jackson Hollow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pertl Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Pertl Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Tompkins County

Storms near this property

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newfield, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 18 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2012	Hail	Newfield	$50,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newfield	$10,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over in Newfield, the city of Ithaca and the town of Caroline.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Newfield	$7,000	no account filed
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Newfield	$6,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a garage.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newfield	$5,000	Strong thunderstorms winds knocked down multiple trees.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Newfield	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees on Elmira Road.
August 2014	Hail	Newfield	$5,000	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Newfield	$5,000	no account filed
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newfield	$4,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. One landed on a car and trapped the occupants, but no injuries were reported.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newfield	$1,000	Trees down
June 2000	Hail	Newfield	-	A storm spotter reported 1 inch diameter hail 2 miles south of Newfield.
June 2000	Flood	Newfield	-	Emergency management reported standing water on roads in Newfield from heavy thunderstrm rains.
August 2023	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
August 2014	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Newfield	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tompkins County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

1893 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500 - 13 printings
1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Listed places nearby

3 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
Newfield Covered Bridge	5.7 miles	2000
Lavender Hill Commune	6.7 miles	2025
Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House	7.8 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100012400 in Record Group 79.
Tompkins County	All 64 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.