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Photograph of Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse
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Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Lima in Livingston County, New York. It was constructed in the 1830s and is a vernacular two story, five bay cobblestone structure built in the late Federal / early Greek Revival style.”

Wikipedia article Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. 2798 Popular Hill Rd., Lima, 14485
  • When was it listed? August 1989
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Lima MRA
  • Town. Lima town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 89001120 - 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

144 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse between 2000 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning17
Natural14
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
21 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
East Avon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Conesus Lake Salt & Min.Co.Well #4SaltPast Producer
Livonia Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this property

21 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lima, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLima$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLima$12,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLima$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLima$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLima$10,000The Livingston County emergency manager reported trees and wires down.
April 2017FloodLima$10,000no account filed
May 2000HailLima$10,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLima$2,000Multiple trees downed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLima$2,000Multiple trees downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLima$2,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLima$2,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
June 2025Flash FloodLima-Water rescues occurred between Avon and Lima.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLima-Several trees downed and damage to a garage.
August 2020Heavy RainLima-A trained spotter reported 2.25 inches of rainfall in two hours.
August 2020Heavy RainLima-A trained spotter reported 2.47 inches of rainfall.
April 2025HailLima-no account filed
July 2021Heavy RainLima-no account filed
July 2021Heavy RainLima-no account filed
August 2019HailLima-no account filed
May 2017HailSouth Lima-no account filed
May 2017HailSouth Lima-no account filed

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
School No. 61.2 miles1989
Livonia Baptist Church2.9 miles1977
Morgan Cobblestone Farmhouse3.1 miles1989
Asahel Warner House3.4 miles1989
Zebulon Moses Farm Complex3.5 miles1989
Dayton House3.5 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89001120 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.