Walling Cobblestone Tavern

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“Walling Cobblestone Tavern is a historic cobblestone building located at 7851 Ridge Road in the hamlet of Wallington, Town of Sodus, Wayne County, New York, United States. Built about 1834 in the Federal architectural style, the structure is one of approximately 170 surviving cobblestone buildings in Wayne County.”
Wikipedia article Walling Cobblestone Tavern, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1994 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 7851 Ridge Rd., Hamlet of Wallington, Sodus, 14551
When was it listed? March 1994
Category. building
Also known as. Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
Town. Sodus town
Architectural style. Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 94000173 - 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

187 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Walling Cobblestone Tavern between 2000 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 47 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	108
Arson/incendiarism	47
Debris and open burning	11
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	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
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
4 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 Walling Cobblestone Tavern: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Salmon Creek	Iron	Past Producer
Sodus Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Sodus Quarry and Plant	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Beckens Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sodus, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy snow. 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
January 1999	Heavy Snow	Sodus	$150,000	no account filed
July 2006	Flash Flood	Sodus	$100,000	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$50,000	no account filed
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$50,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$50,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$28,000	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Sodus	$25,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$15,000	Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds at Route 88 and Snyder Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$15,000	Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Sodus.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$15,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$15,000	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$15,000	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Sodus	$15,000	no account filed
August 1996	Flash Flood	Sodus	$15,000	no account filed
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$10,000	A trained spotter reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$10,000	Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$10,000	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$10,000	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Sodus	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$10,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$10,000	no account filed
August 1996	Flash Flood	Sodus	$10,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Sodus	$8,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$5,000	Several trees and wires downed in the Town of Sodus.
June 1998	Hail	Sodus	$5,000	no account filed
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$2,000	Trees downed in Sodus.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$2,000	Trees and wires downed in Sodus.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$2,000	Trees and wires were downed.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$2,000	Trees were downed.
November 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus	$2,000	Trees and powerlines were reported downed.
June 2023	Flood	Sodus	-	Water was flowing across the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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.

1899 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1902 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1943 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:31680
1952 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000 - 2 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
Wallington Cobblestone Schoolhouse District No. 8	0.1 miles	1994
Red Brick Church	1.5 miles	1997
Alasa Farms	2.3 miles	2009
Third Methodist Episcopal Church of Sodus	2.9 miles	2024
Customs House	3.3 miles	1980
LOTUS (schooner)	3.3 miles	1990

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000173 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne County	All 40 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.