Built in 1835 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
From the record
“Cottage Farm is a historic home located at Fair Haven in Cayuga County, New York. It was originally built in the late-1830s in the Greek Revival style, and extensively remodeled about 1874 and again in 1910.”
Wikipedia article Cottage Farm (Fair Haven, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 71 National Register listings published here for Cayuga County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1835, Greek Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.12000952- 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
86 since 2003
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Cottage Farm
between 2003 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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
37
Debris and open burning
16
Arson/incendiarism
13
Equipment and vehicle use
5
Recreation and ceremony
5
Other causes
4
Natural
4
Smoking
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
4 workings within 5 miles of Cottage Farm: 4 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Fair Haven, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 flood, 1 hail.
The reports record 1 injury. 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.
United 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.
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.
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.
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