BlockFrom the record
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Seneca County · listed in 2012 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Women's Rights National Historic Park (Boundary Increase)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- Address. 136 Fall St., Seneca Falls, 13148
- When was it listed? March 2012
- Category. district
- Town. Seneca Falls town
- National Register reference number. 12000134 - 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
97 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Women's Rights National Historic Park (Boundary Increase) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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 | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Women's Rights National Historic Park (Boundary Increase): 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Gulch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seneca Falls Well No.12 | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Seneca Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Seneca Quarry and Plant | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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.
- 1902 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Seneca Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Seneca Falls quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seneca Falls quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Auburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hunt House | 1.0 miles | 1980 |
| Huntington Building, The | 1.0 miles | 2022 | |
 | Seneca Knitting Mill | 1.3 miles | 1991 |
 | US Post Office-Seneca Falls | 1.4 miles | 1989 |
 | James Russell Webster House | 1.7 miles | 2007 |
 | Amelia Bloomer House | 1.8 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000134 in Record Group 79. |
| Seneca County | All 40 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.