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Photograph by Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Linwood

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Linwood Gardens is a private residence located at York in Livingston County, New York. The property is a 325-acre (1.32 km2) farm centered around a summer house and surrounded by developed garden areas, woods, and meadows.”

Wikipedia article Linwood Gardens (New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 1997 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. 1912 York Rd., York, 14486
  • When was it listed? December 1997
  • Category. district
  • Town. York town
  • National Register reference number. 97001493 - 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

52 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Linwood between 2002 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking5
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Linwood: 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, Halite, Potassium, 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
Old Retsof ShaftHalite, Potassium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1884
C.Davis No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
C.Johnson No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasUnknown
E.Whitney No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
F.Fagan No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
J.B.Murphy No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Fuller ShaftSaltProducer
J.Broughton No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.J.Gilmore No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.Martin No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this property

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names York, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 8 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
November 2005Thunderstorm WindYork$15,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindYork$5,000Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in York.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000Trees and wires were downed in York.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindYork-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston County

Maps showing this location

9 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
Westerly5.1 miles1974
Coverdale Cobblestone House5.7 miles2005
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station6.9 miles2005
National Hotel7.0 miles2004
Geneseo Historic District7.8 miles1977
Main Street Historic District7.8 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97001493 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Livingston CountyAll 92 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.