Miller-Horton-Barben Farm

Built in 1808 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Miller-Horton-Barben Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Mendon in Monroe County, New York. The farm was established about 1808, and is one of the oldest in town.”
Wikipedia article Miller-Horton-Barben Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 2015 · category: District · built in 1808, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 983 W. Bloomfield Rd., Mendon, 14472
When was it listed? January 2015
Category. district
Town. Mendon town
When was it built? 1808
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 14001161 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

149 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Miller-Horton-Barben Farm between 2001 and 2019, burning about 88 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 25 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	74
Debris and open burning	26
Arson/incendiarism	25
Smoking	8
Natural	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 2018	Debris and open burning	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
3 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2007	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 September 2002	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Miller-Horton-Barben Farm: 10 producers, 7 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
E.Darby No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
General Crushed Stone Company	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Rochester Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Cork Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Deer Run Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Deer Run Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Genesee Sand & Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gp-3 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this property

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mendon, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
June 2019	Flash Flood	Mendon	$40,000	Several roads flooded in Mendon with cars under water.
September 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Mendon	$25,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Mendon	$20,000	no account filed
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Mendon	$14,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Mendon	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Mendon	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 1998	Hail	Mendon	$8,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mendon	$2,000	Multiple trees downed.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mendon	$1,000	Powerlines downed on West Bloomfield Rd.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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.

1901 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500
1904 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1934 USGS Honeoye Falls quadrangle1:24000
1942 USGS Honeoye Falls quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1951 USGS Honeoye Falls 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 Honeoye Falls quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 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
Whitcomb Cobblestone Farmhouse	1.0 miles	1996
Mendon Presbyterian Church	1.1 miles	2005
Mendon Cobblestone Academy	1.1 miles	1996
Sheldon Cobblestone House	1.2 miles	1996
Cole Cobblestone Farmhouse	2.1 miles	1996
Gates-Livermore Cobblestone	2.7 miles	1996

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 14001161 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Monroe County	All 233 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.