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Young-Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex

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

From the record

“Young-Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex is a historic home located at Torrey in Yates County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1836 and is a large late Federal / early Greek Revival style cobblestone structure.”

Wikipedia article Young-Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex, 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

  • Listed as. Young--Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 2601 NY 14, Torrey, 14527
  • When was it listed? May 1992
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
  • Town. Torrey town
  • National Register reference number. 92000440 - 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 Young-Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex between 2002 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined38
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Young-Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Zirconium. 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
Seneca Lake MineHalitePast ProducerHalite
Transelco/ Dresden, N.Y.ZirconiumPlant
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
J.Sanderson No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.T.Andrews No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Seneca Lake MineSaltPast Producer

Every working 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 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
Miles Raplee House1.6 miles1994
Crooked Lake Outlet Historic District3.0 miles1996
John Briggs House3.1 miles1994
Christopher Willis House3.3 miles1994
Robert Ingersoll Birthplace3.3 miles1988
Himrod Baptist Church3.4 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92000440 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.