Phoenix Building

Built in 1820 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Phoenix Building, also known as the Phoenix Hotel or Pittsford Inn, is a historic inn and tavern located at Pittsford in Monroe County, New York. It is a Federal style structure built around 1820 to serve stage passengers.”
Wikipedia article Phoenix Building (Pittsford, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · built in 1820, Federal architecture.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. S. Main and State Sts., Pittsford, 14534
When was it listed? August 1974
Category. building
Town. Pittsford town
When was it built? 1820
Architectural style. Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 74001257 - 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.

Then and now

1895 to 1994

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 Phoenix Building, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet covering Phoenix Building, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

657 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 657 fires within 5 miles of Phoenix Building between 2000 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 64 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	309
Smoking	126
Arson/incendiarism	64
Natural	59
Debris and open burning	44
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Power generation/transmission/distribution	16
Recreation and ceremony	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	7

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
9 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2016	Natural	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2002	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Phoenix Building: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Penfield Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mendon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mendon Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Pittsford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pittsford Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Redman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Redman Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this property

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsford, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2007	Lightning	Pittsford	1 hurt	no account filed
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$1,200,000	no account filed
July 1998	Flash Flood	Pittsford	$150,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$20,000	Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Pittsford. A power transformer was damage near South Main Street and Mile Post Lane.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$15,000	no account filed
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$10,000	Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$6,000	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Pittsford	$5,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$1,500	Tree and wires downed.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittsford	$1,000	A tree was reported down onto power lines near Jefferson and Eastview Terrance.
November 2025	Hail	Pittsford	-	Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Monroe County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

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.

1895 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1912 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1920 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1931 USGS Mendon Ponds quadrangle1:24000
1935 USGS Mendon Ponds quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1952 USGS Mendon Ponds quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Pittsford quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1994 USGS Pittsford quadrangle1:24000

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
Pittsford Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)	under 500 feet	2016
Pittsford Village Historic District	0.1 miles	1984
Hildreth-Lord-Hawley Farm	0.2 miles	1996
Adolph Lomb House	0.4 miles	1995
Thomas Youngs House	0.7 miles	1993
Oak Hill Country Club	1.7 miles	2023

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74001257 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.