Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House, also known as Treman House and Mill, is a historic grist mill and former mill-owner's residence located at Robert H. Treman State Park near Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Tompkins County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Address. SW of Ithaca in Robert H. Treman State Park, Ithaca, 14867
When was it listed? February 1979
Category. building
Town. Enfield town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 79001637 - 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

1893 to 1992

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 Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet covering Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House, surveyed 1893

Fires near this property

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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	42
Arson/incendiarism	14
Smoking	14
Natural	6
Debris and open burning	4
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
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
9 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
17 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 August 2005	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Ithaca Deep Well No.1	Salt	Past Producer
Bailey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Brooktondale Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Havlik Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Havlik Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Landstrom Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Landstrom Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pit Number 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Pit Number 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Tompkins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Tompkins County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ithaca, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 46 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 lightning. 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
July 2003	Flash Flood	Ithaca	$500,000	Heavy rains fell from late afternoon into early evening causing flash flooding of numerous roads from the City of Ithaca to the Dryden area.
June 2005	Lightning	Ithaca	$100,000	Lightning struck a house starting a fire. The house burned to the ground.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Ithaca	$50,000	Flood waters covered numerous roads in the area, especially along Routes 96 and 89 to the north of Ithaca.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$50,000	Thunderstorms developed in a moist, southwest flow ahead of a cold front. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. On Route 96 in Tompkins County twenty to thirty large trees were downed.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$50,000	no account filed
November 2006	Flash Flood	Ithaca	$25,000	Roads flooded throughout the county.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Ithaca	$20,000	Water was reported to be running across Route 89 from near Taughannock Falls, southward to Ithaca. One foot of water and debris was across the road in spots.
September 2011	Flash Flood	Ithaca	$20,000	Several roads were flooded around the Ithaca area.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires throughout city.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$15,000	A severe thunderstorm moving across the county blew a tree down onto a van in Ithaca at 3:23 pm EDT.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$12,000	no account filed
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees on wires.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees near a nature center.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$8,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over multiple trees and wires.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees in a park.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree.
June 2020	Lightning	Ithaca	$5,000	A lightning strike from a thunderstorm caused a tree to catch on fire.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires onto a roadway in the vicinity of Monroe Street and 3rd Street.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew trees down on wires near the intersection of Elmwood Avenue and Ithaca Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over around Ithaca.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Trees and wires were blown down on Ellis Hollow Road.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Trees were snapped off near the Ithaca/Danby town line, south of Ithaca College.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Numerous trees and wires were blown down. A piece of a roof was torn off a building in downtown Ithaca. Trees and wires were also blown down in Lansing and Caroline.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires in the Ithaca area.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Trees down in several towns throughout the county.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Thunderstorms rages across the area producing high winds and three-quarter inch hail. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Heavy rains...up to three and a half inches...resulted in flash flooding in Lafayette.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	Strong thunderstorms produced damaging winds which downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages were reported.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$5,000	no account filed
December 2023	Flash Flood	East Ithaca	$3,000	Water is across the road at the intersection of Slaterville Road and Honness Lane and along Slaterville Road for about one half mile.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree which landed on power lines in the vicinity of 1350 Tioughanack Blvd.
June 2025	Flash Flood	East Ithaca	$2,000	Water was reported over Forest Home Drive near Dryden Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated greater than 50 knots caused trees to fall over on east shore drive near the city of Ithaca.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$2,000	Trees were blown down throughout the city of Ithaca.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$2,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Ithaca	$1,500	Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped a few small trees, knocked down numerous large tree branches and a stop sign around and just off of Cornell University property.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$1,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house on North Aurora Street.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Trumansburg Road.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large willow tree onto Prospect Street.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a wire onto a building on Green Street.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a roadway.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	East Ithaca	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a road at Cornell University.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree on West Seneca St.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	$1,000	Trees were blown down in South Hill Terrace. Trees were blown down on a car.
June 2021	Hail	Ithaca	-	A strong thunderstorm produced 1 inch hail.
June 2021	Hail	Ithaca	-	A strong thunderstorm produced 1 inch hail.
October 2014	Hail	Ithaca	-	Penny to nickel size hail fell.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	-	Several trees were blown down near Hangar Theater.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	-	A few trees were blown down in Cass Park and near Judd Road and Cornell University area.
August 2009	Heavy Rain	Ithaca	-	Manhole covers were knocked off due to heavy rain.
July 2008	Heavy Rain	Ithaca	-	An observer reported 1.62 inches of rain in under 30 minutes.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	-	Large branches were knocked down.
May 2003	Hail	Ithaca	-	Dime sized hail fell in Ithaca at Cornell University and in Varna which is in the town of Dryden.
May 2000	Hail	Ithaca	-	Dime sized hail reported just east of Ithaca. Also, a tent was blown over at the Triphammer Mall.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Ithaca	-	Law enforcement officers reported large tree limbs as well as power lines blown down in Ithaca.

Every storm recorded in Tompkins County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

1893 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500 - 13 printings
1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
1949 USGS Ithaca West quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Ithaca West quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1978 USGS Ithaca West quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

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
Newfield Covered Bridge	2.7 miles	2000
Second Tompkins County Courthouse	3.6 miles	1971
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station	4.9 miles	1974
CG 40300 (motor lifeboat)	5.0 miles	2021
St. James AME Zion Church	5.0 miles	1982
Hayt's Chapel and Schoolhouse	5.2 miles	2005

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 79001637 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tompkins County	All 64 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.