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Photograph of Dr. Henry Spence Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex
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Dr. Henry Spence 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

“Henry Spence Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex is a historic home located at Starkey in Yates County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1848 and is a massive five-bay, center hall building decorated with elements associated with the Greek Revival style.”

Wikipedia article Dr. Henry Spence 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. Spence, Dr. Henry, Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Lakemont--Himrod Rd. N of jct. with Shannon Corners Rd., Starkey, 14837
  • When was it listed? May 1992
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
  • Town. Starkey town
  • National Register reference number. 92000441 - 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Dr. Henry Spence Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning17
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 August 2005Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dr. Henry Spence Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt. 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
Seneca Lake MineSaltPast Producer
Claude Pulver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this property

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starkey, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2008Thunderstorm WindStarkey$1,000Trees and wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.

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 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
Thomas Bennett Curtis House0.9 miles1994
William Swortz House1.3 miles1994
Daniel Supplee Cobblestone Farmhouse1.4 miles1992
Starkey United Methodist Church1.5 miles1994
Uriah Hair House2.3 miles1994
Himrod Baptist Church2.3 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92000441 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.