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Photograph of Sonnenberg Gardens
Photograph by Nelro, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sonnenberg Gardens

Built in 1887. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park is a 50-acre (20 ha) state park located at 151 Charlotte Street in Canandaigua, New York, at the north end of Canandaigua Lake, in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. The house and gardens are open to the public every day, May through October.”

Wikipedia article Sonnenberg Gardens, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Ontario County · listed in 1973 · category: District · built in 1887.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 151 Charlotte St., Canandaigua, 14424
  • When was it listed? September 1973
  • Category. district
  • Town. Canandaigua town
  • When was it built? 1887
  • National Register reference number. 73001240 - 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

276 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Sonnenberg Gardens between 1995 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 61 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/undetermined107
Arson/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning34
Smoking31
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sonnenberg Gardens: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
C.R.Brown No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this property

60 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canandaigua, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 17 flash flood, 5 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua3 hurt, $90,000no account filed
July 2017Flash FloodCanandaigua$50,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodCanandaigua$50,000no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodCanandaigua$50,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$40,000no account filed
May 2016LightningCanandaigua$35,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$25,000Law enforcement reported power poles snapped and lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2011LightningCanandaigua$25,000no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodCanandaigua$25,000no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodCanandaigua$25,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Honeoye Road.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Dime-size hail fell.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$15,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$15,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$15,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$15,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$15,000no account filed
October 1999HailCanandaigua$15,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$12,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$12,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$12,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$10,000no account filed
July 2010Flash FloodCanandaigua$10,000no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$10,000no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodCanandaigua$10,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$8,000no account filed
July 2006HailCanandaigua$8,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$8,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$8,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$5,000A large tree feels onto a parked car on Sandy Beach Drive.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$5,000Several trees and power lines were reported down in Canandaigua.
May 2004Flash FloodCanandaigua$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailCanandaigua$5,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$3,000Multiple trees downed on wires in Canandaigua.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$2,000Three inch tree limbs broken, power poles broken.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$2,000Powerlines downed in Canandaigua.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$2,000Trees were downed in the south Canandaigua area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$2,000A large tree and power pole were reported down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$1,000Two trees were reported down in Canandaigua.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$500Tree downed in Canandaigua.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua$500Tree down in yard, partially blocking road.
June 2025Flash FloodCanandaigua-Several reports of flooded roads in Canandaigua.
June 2025Flash FloodCanandaigua-NY332/RT21 closed due to flooding in Canandaigua.
June 2025Flash FloodCanandaigua-RT5/RT20 closed due to flooding in downtown Canandaigua.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua-Tree downed on motorhome trailer.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua-Windows in house blown in and multiple trees downed.
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Canandaigua-A weak, short-tracked EF-0 was documented ahead of an incoming gust front. The track length was 0.7 miles. Maximum width was 75 yards. Maximum wind was 75 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua-Tree downed on wires and garage on Fallbrook Park.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanandaigua-Tree blown down onto trailer.
August 2024Flash FloodCanandaigua-Multiple roads closed or with water flowing across due to flash flooding in Canandaigua.
June 2023FloodCanandaigua-Water was reported across the road.
July 2023Flash FloodCanandaigua-Building collapsed on Parrish Street extension as foundation eroded away due to flooding. Nobody was inside.
July 2023Flash FloodCanandaigua-Numerous road closures reported in Canandaigua, including roads near the shoreline of Canandaigua Lake.
July 2023Flash FloodCanandaigua-Buffalo street and surrounding streets are impassable due to flooding.
July 2023Flash FloodCanandaigua-Residents are kayaking on Arlington Park and Dorset Drive in flooded roadways.
July 2023Flash FloodCanandaigua-Ontario St. and Wood St. closed in Canandaigua due to flooding. Numerous other roads have been flooded in Canandaigua.
July 2024HailCanandaigua-no account filed
May 2017HailCanandaigua-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ontario County

Maps showing this location

9 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Canandaigua Veterans Hospital Historic District0.3 miles2012
Canandaigua Historic District (Boundary Increase)0.7 miles2016
Canandaigua Historic District0.7 miles1984
North Main Street Historic District0.7 miles1973
US Post Office-Canandaigua0.8 miles1988
Miller Corsets, Inc. Factory0.9 miles2020

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73001240 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ontario CountyAll 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.