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Photograph of Blewer Farm
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Blewer Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Blewer Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Newark Valley in Tioga County, New York. The cross-gabled frame house was constructed between 1885 and 1900 in the Queen Anne style.”

Wikipedia article Blewer Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 57 National Register listings published here for Tioga County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. 184 and 226 Blewer-Mead Rd., Newark Valley, 13811
  • When was it listed? March 1998
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Newark Valley MPS
  • Town. Newark Valley town
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 98000166 - 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.

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Blewer Farm, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet covering Blewer Farm, surveyed 1901

Fires near this property

93 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Blewer Farm between 1999 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning20
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Tioga 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 Blewer Farm: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 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.Miller No.1 WellSaltProspect
Catatonk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Newman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Owego Town of Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this property

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newark Valley, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 1996: 4 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
October 1995Thunderstorm WindNewark Valley$15,000An isolated severe thunderstorm downed large trees and wires, and blew the top off an old barn.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindNewark Valley$8,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindNewark Valley$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNewark Valley$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tioga County

Maps showing this location

12 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
Wade Farm1.4 miles1997
Belcher-Holden Farm1.5 miles1997
Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum2.3 miles1998
Silk Street Bridge2.4 miles1998
Nowland House2.7 miles1997
Morris Clinton House2.8 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98000166 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tioga CountyAll 57 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.