Larrowe House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.

From the record

“Larrowe House, also known as The Cohocton Town and Village Hall, is a historic home located at Cohocton in Steuben County, New York. It is a 38 by 40 foot, two story dwelling constructed in 1856 in the Italianate style.”
Wikipedia article Larrowe House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Steuben 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

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. S. Main St./US 415, Cohocton, 14826
When was it listed? December 1989
Category. building
Town. Cohocton town
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 89002088 - 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Larrowe House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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	28
Debris and open burning	16
Natural	8
Arson/incendiarism	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Other causes	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
25 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 August 2001	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
13 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Larrowe House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Cohocton Bank	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this property

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cohocton, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 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
June 2015	Flash Flood	Cohocton	$165,000	A mud slide was reported on Route 415.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Cohocton	$100,000	Evacuations of residents were taking place in Cohocton at several locations in the village.
July 2014	Flash Flood	North Cohocton	$50,000	Several homes were surrounded by flood waters. Swiftwater rescue teams were conducting evacuations of residents.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Cohocton	$25,000	Several streams were out of their banks. Flood waters were flowing through a residence along State Route 415 near Cohocton.
May 2025	Flash Flood	Cohocton	$20,000	Road washouts and closures were reported in Cohocton.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Cohocton	$15,000	A bridge was closed due to flooding and debris on State Route 21 from the intersection of Sawdust Road to State Route 371. State Route 63 between Whiteman Gully and County Route 90 was also closed.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Cohocton.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Cohocton	$10,000	Water was flowing over State Route 415 near Cohocton.
May 2006	Lightning	Cohocton	$10,000	Lightning started a house fire.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees, blocking a road.
August 1993	Hail	Cohocton	$5,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	$3,000	Strong thunderstorm winds resulted in reports of at least one tree and multiple wires down.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	$3,000	Several trees and wires were blown down.
March 2026	Flash Flood	Cohocton	$2,000	Officials reported water over the road which has been shut down to traffic.
August 2022	Heavy Rain	Cohocton	$2,000	Locally heavy rainfall created unstable ground and a subsequent mudslide in this area which temporarily closed Route 415.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires on Main Street.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	-	NY Mesonet Cohocton station measured 69 mph gust, which is 60 knots.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	-	Tree was blown down and was blocking roadway. Time estimated by Doppler Radar.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Cohocton	-	Large branches were broken off trees.
August 2014	Hail	Cohocton	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Cohocton	-	no account filed
October 1999	Hail	Cohocton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben County

Maps showing this location

7 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.

1910 USGS Bath quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1953 USGS Avoca quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Presbyterian Church of Atlanta	3.9 miles	2010
	Rowe House	5.2 miles	2008

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89002088 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Steuben County	All 63 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.