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Peter Bitley House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Peter Bitley House is a historic home located at Jerusalem in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure built about 1837.”

Wikipedia article Peter Bitley House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Yates 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.
  • Listed as. Bitley, Peter, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. W. Lake Rd. (Co. Rt. 54A), Jerusalem, 14418
  • When was it listed? August 1994
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Yates County MPS
  • Town. Jerusalem town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 94000927 - 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

105 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Peter Bitley House between 1994 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Peter Bitley House: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
C.M.Russell WellSaltPast Producer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Champlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Champlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jerusalem PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nicolo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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 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
Thomas Bitley Houseunder 500 feet1994
Dr. James Wrightman House0.1 miles1994
Myron Weaver House0.2 miles1994
St. Luke's Episcopal Church0.3 miles1994
Solomon Weaver House0.4 miles1994
Esperanza1.0 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000927 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.