Corby Farm Complex
Also known as: Meadowbrook Farms
Why it's listed
Corby Farm Complex is a 38-acre farmstead on Corby Road in the Town of Lima, between Honeoye Falls and Lima in Livingston County, New York. Until 1992 it formed the central part of a 240-acre farm. The farmhouse has a timber-framed main block thought to date from 1820 to 1830, a mid-nineteenth-century kitchen wing, and changes made in 1877 and around 1900. The most prominent addition is a Colonial Revival wraparound porch with a porte-cochere. Nearby are a brick smokehouse, a pump house, a privy inscribed 1855, a garage of about 1910, gate posts, a clothes drying pole, two concrete silos and a hewn-frame English barn with a wagon shed. A perennial garden was designed in 1959 and rehabilitated in the 1990s. Former pasture, cultivated fields, remnants of an old orchard and a 15-acre hardwood grove along Spring Brook complete the property. The complex was listed for its agricultural history and the architecture of its buildings.
Significance in brief: The form's Section 8 text is truncated, so the stated reasons are limited. Criterion A is marked, and the architecture area appears to be listed. The description shows a farmstead that keeps buildings and features from several periods, from the 1820s to the early twentieth century.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 08000273, listed April 1, 2008. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 7400 Corby Rd., Honeoye Falls |
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| County | Livingston County |
| Listed | April 1, 2008 |
| Reference number | 08000273 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Federal, Italianate, and Colonial Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Agriculture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single dwelling with agricultural fields; the dairy barn above its foundation burned in 1971. |
| Acreage | 38 |
| Coordinates | 42.93304, -77.60658 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 08000273.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5169815
- This listing as JSON
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