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Photograph of Geneseo Historic District
Photograph by Benjamin D. Esham ( bdesham ), CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Main Street Historic District

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“The Geneseo Historic District, previously known as the Main Street Historic District, is a historic district encompassing much of the village center of Geneseo, New York. Geneseo has a remarkably well-preserved 19th-century streetscape, with Victorian architecture embodying a picturesque style advocated by architect Andrew Jackson Downing.”

Wikipedia article Geneseo Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 1977 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.

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

The listing

  • Address. Main St. from the courthouse at Court and North Sts., Geneseo, 14454
  • When was it listed? July 1977
  • Category. district
  • Town. Geneseo town
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture
  • Architect. Claude Fayette Bragdon
  • National Register reference number. 77000948 - 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

165 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Main Street Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism49
Smoking30
Natural10
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Main Street Historic District: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Flagstone. 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
Highway Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reynolds QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Old Retsof ShaftHalite, Potassium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1884
Retsof MineHalite, Potassium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1884
Fuller ShaftSaltProducer
Geo.F.Hudson WellSaltPast Producer
Livingston Salt Co.Well No.1SaltPast Producer
Phoenix Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Retsof Shaft & MillSaltPlant
Sterling Salt Shaft No.1SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this property

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneseo, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$50,000Multiple large trees were downed across a large swath of Geneseo.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$50,000Downed trees littered the length of Route 20A east of Geneseo.
May 2016Flash FloodGeneseo$20,000Heavy rain washed out a culvert on North Lima Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$20,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$20,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$12,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Geneseo.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$12,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Eagle Point Road.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$10,000no account filed
November 2005HailGeneseo$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$10,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$5,000Trees and wires downed in Geneseo.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$4,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$2,000Trees and wires downed in Geneseo.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$2,000Trees and powerlines were reported down along Country Club Road and Lima Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$2,000Several trees were reported down throughout town.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGeneseo$500A tree was reported down onto Country Club Road.
June 2025Flash FloodGeneseo-Lima Road closed due to flash flooding.
June 2025Flash FloodGeneseo-Video on social media showing water flowing across roads and up to homes along a street in downtown Geneseo.

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Geneseo Historic Districtunder 500 feet1977
Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)under 500 feet1985
Homestead, The0.6 miles1974
Sweet Briar2.0 miles2010
Westerly2.7 miles1974
National Hotel3.3 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000948 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Livingston CountyAll 92 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.