John Noyes House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“John Noyes House is a historic home located at Starkey in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure built about 1840. 33 acres are historically associated with this property, including a barn and a smokehouse.”
Wikipedia article John Noyes 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

Listed as. Noyes, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Lakemont--Himrod Rd., Starkey, 14837
When was it listed? August 1994
Category. building
Also known as. Yates County MPS
Town. Starkey town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 94000947 - 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of John Noyes House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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	35
Debris and open burning	24
Arson/incendiarism	8
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
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
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2005	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 August 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of John Noyes House: 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Seneca Lake Mine	Halite	Past Producer	Halite
Seneca Lake Mine	Salt	Past Producer
Arcangeli Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Holly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Starkey	$1,000	Trees 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.

1902 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1942 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1943 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn 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
Starkey United Methodist Church	1.1 miles	1994
Thomas Bennett Curtis House	1.9 miles	1994
Dundee Village Historic District	2.4 miles	2007
Dr. Henry Spence Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex	2.6 miles	1992
Uriah Hair House	2.6 miles	1994
Dundee Methodist Church	2.6 miles	2005

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000947 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yates County	All 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.