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Photograph of Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse
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Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Benton in Yates County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1843 and is an example of vernacular Greek Revival style, cobblestone domestic architecture.”

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

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Yates County · listed in 1992 · 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 3 buildingss, 2 structuress, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2492 Ferguson Corners Rd., Benton, 14456
  • When was it listed? May 1992
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
  • Town. Benton town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 92000435 - 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

59 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse between 2002 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Benton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Benton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Guyanoga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Guyanoga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roberts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this property

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benton, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindBenton$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBenton$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree across Route 14A in Benton.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBenton$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree that took down wires on Havens Corners Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBenton$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires.
May 1998HailBenton-A thunderstorm briefly produced nickel sized hail as it crossed over the northern end of Keuka Lake in Benton township just before 1:40 pm EDT.
June 2025HailBenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

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
William Nichols Cobblestone Farmhouse1.7 miles1992
Abner Woodworth House4.5 miles1994
Whitaker House4.5 miles1994
Jephtha Earl Cobblestone Farmhouse4.8 miles1992
Angus Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex5.2 miles1992
Arnold Potter House5.3 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92000435 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yates CountyAll 66 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.