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J. and E. Baker Cobblestone Farmstead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Baker Cobblestone Farmstead is a historic home located at Macedon in Wayne County, New York. The Gothic Revival style, cobblestone farmhouse consists of a five-by-three-bay, rectangular main block with a 1-story side ell.”

Wikipedia article J. and E. Baker Cobblestone Farmstead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listed as. Baker, J. and E., Cobblestone Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 815 Canandaigua Rd., Macedon, 14425
  • When was it listed? November 1995
  • Category. building
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 95001281 - 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

216 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of J. and E. Baker Cobblestone Farmstead between 2001 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined90
Arson/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning34
Natural13
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of J. and E. Baker Cobblestone Farmstead: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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.Conover QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wayne County Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macedon, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMacedon$5,000,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMacedon$15,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Macedon.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMacedon$15,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMacedon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMacedon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMacedon$10,000Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMacedon$8,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMacedon$8,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMacedon$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindMacedon$500Tree downed, blocking road.
August 2018Heavy RainMacedon-no account filed
August 2018HailMacedon-no account filed
June 2014HailMacedon-no account filed
June 2007HailMacedon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

Maps showing this location

6 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95001281 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne CountyAll 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.