Hamilton Farmstead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Hamilton Farmstead is a historic farm complex and national historic district located at Mexico in Oswego County, New York. The district includes three contributing structures; the farmhouse, a barn, and a milkhouse; and three hand-dug wells.”
Wikipedia article Hamilton Farmstead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 93 National Register listings published here for Oswego County · listed in 1991 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. 5644 Hamilton St., Mexico, 13114
When was it listed? November 1991
Category. district
Also known as. Mexico MPS
Town. Mexico town
National Register reference number. 91001657 - 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

95 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Farmstead between 2001 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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	53
Arson/incendiarism	24
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	6
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
7 September 2007	Smoking	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 September 2001	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2016	Smoking	1.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 August 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 July 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Oswego 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 Hamilton Farmstead: 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
	B.R. Dewitt, Inc. Gp-4 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this property

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mexico, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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
August 1993	Tornado (F0)	Mexico	$50,000	An isolated severe thunderstorm moved along the northeast portion of Oswego County. The initial damage from the storm, determined to be caused by strong thunderstorm winds, occurred in Texas where a large tree was blown onto a house. The resident there also reported golfball-size hail at the time. The thunderstorm then spawned a weak tornado which caused only tree damage for a path of 1 to 1.5 miles.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which damaged a truck.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$15,000	Trained spotters reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$10,000	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$10,000	no account filed
September 2010	Flood	Mexico	$8,000	no account filed
September 2010	Flood	Mexico	$8,000	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$8,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$8,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$2,000	Trees and wires downed in the Town of Mexico.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$2,000	Trees and wires downed on Pumphouse Rd.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$2,000	Tree and wires downed.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$2,000	Trees and wires downed in the Town of Mexico.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$2,000	Trees and wires were downed.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$1,000	Tree and wires down on a driveway.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$1,000	Trees were reported down.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Mexico	$1,000	Tree and wires were reported down on Smithers Rd.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Mexico	-	Ames Street is closed due to flooding.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Mexico	-	County Route 41 in Mexico is closed due to flooding.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Mexico	-	State Route 104 closed in Mexico between Emery Road and Standpipe Road due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Oswego County

Maps showing this location

7 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.

1905 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1943 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:31680
1956 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

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
Mexico Railroad Depot	0.4 miles	1991
Phineas Davis Farmstead	0.7 miles	1991
Mexico Stone Store, The	0.9 miles	2010
Timothy Skinner House	1.0 miles	1991
Mexico Academy and Central School	1.0 miles	1991
Starr Clark Tin Shop	1.1 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 91001657 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oswego County	All 93 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.