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Photograph of Ogilvie Moses Farmhouse
Photograph by Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Ogilvie Moses Farmhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Ogilvie Moses Farmhouse is a historic home located at Lima in Livingston County, New York. It was built during the 1830s and is an L-shaped, clapboard-sided frame farmhouse with vernacular Greek Revival style features.”

Wikipedia article Ogilvie Moses 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

  • Listed as. Moses, Ogilvie, Farmhouse - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 2150 Clay St., 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. 89001123 - 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

80 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Ogilvie Moses Farmhouse between 2000 and 2019, burning about 142 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2001Smokingunder an acreFire 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
25 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2016Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ogilvie Moses Farmhouse: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas, Limestone, General. 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
Callister No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
General Crushed Stone CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rochester QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
D.Curran No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Honeoye Falls WellSaltProspect
Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bloomfield Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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

11 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
Clark Farm Complex0.7 miles1989
St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex0.9 miles1988
Bristol House1.0 miles1989
William L. Vary House1.0 miles1989
Spencer House1.0 miles1989
Stanley House1.0 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89001123 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.