Canandaigua Lake

Vine Valley Methodist Church is United Methodist Church congregation, housed in a historic church located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York. The structure is a Queen Anne style structure built about 1891.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Asahel Green Farm is a historic home located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York. This Greek Revival-style structure was built about 1855 and features the two-by-two-bay, 1+1⁄2-story central block and single-story wing with porch and entrance.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Overackers Corners Schoolhouse is a historic school located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York. It is an Italianate style structure built about 1874. The school reopened in 1998 after renovation by the Middlesex Heritage Group. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.Overackers Corners School 1874 – 1938 [4] In 1874, the brick schoolhouse on the corner of North Vine Valley Road and State Route 364 was built. The school was heated by a large round stove, had no running water, and no electricity. Students daily carried water from a local well to the school. There was a large woodshed, and as required, there were two separate outhouses. The teacher's desk was on a platform just inside the front door. The school was used until June 1938 when the Middlesex schools were consolidated. The last teacher was Hazel Dinehart Robeson. After it closed, the building was sold to Leon G. Button, who used it for grain storage until 1989 when it was leased to the Middlesex Heritage Group. In 1998, after 10 years of renovations, the school was opened as a museum. The school was placed on the National and State Registry of Historic Places in 1994. In 2014, the Pomeroy Foundation donated a plaque recognizing this achievement. Facts About the Overackers Corners School • Built in 1874 on land purchased from Edward and Margaret Hennessy • It was designated District #3, Town of Middlesex, for grades 1 – 8 • Named after a family that lived nearby • Bricks from a nearby blacksmith shop were crumbled and used as a foundation for the school • Bricks for the walls may have been made in a brick factory that was located on the next door Button Farm • Closed after the 1937-38 school year due to the centralization of schools as Middlesex Valley Central School District • Some of the teachers who taught there were: Lillian Boyd, Gordon Foster, Nellie Bennett, Mrs. Stanley Voorhees, Ruth Halstead, Carrie Razey, Lela Robson, Nellie Button, Bertha Noble, Alice DeWick, Patrick H. Sheehan, Frank Matteson, Harlan Smith, and Hazel Dinehart Robeson • Sold at a public auction to Leon G. Button on November 11, 1939 for $128.50 • 1953 Anson Wagar presented a 4’ X 5’ picture of the school to hang in the Middlesex Valley School. After many years it was taken down and stored where it was damaged. In 2014, the Middlesex Heritage Group was awarded a grant to restore the painting. It is currently on display at the Town Hall in Middlesex. • The picture of the school was in the November 1933 issue of National Geographic, page 560.

Bates Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1836 and is a one-and-a-half-story, five bay cobblestone building with a one-and-a-half-story frame rear wing. The house is built of relatively rough and irregularly shaped, sized and colored field cobbles. The farmhouse is among the nine surviving cobblestone buildings in Yates County. Also on the property are two early 20th century contributing support structures.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Cheshire is a hamlet in the Town of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, United States, located near Canandaigua Lake. It is located 7 miles (11 km) south-southwest of the City of Canandaigua, at an elevation of 1,024 feet (312 m). The primary cross roads where the hamlet is located are N.Y. Route 21, Woolhouse Road and Goodale Road. U.S. Route 20 and New York State Route 5 pass just north of Cheshire. The Knights of the Maccabees Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Middlesex Center Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York. It is a Romanesque style structure built about 1881.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Middlesex is a town in Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 1,495 at the 2010 census. The name originates from the county of Middlesex, England. The Town of Middlesex is on the northwest corner of the county and is south of Canandaigua.

John Carr House, also known as Daniel Bostwick House, is a historic home located at Middlesex in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure built about 1847.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Crystal Beach is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ontario County, New York, United States. Its population was 644 as of the 2010 census. The community is located on the eastern shore of Canandaigua Lake and is served by New York State Route 364.

South Bristol Grange Hall 1107 is a historic Grange hall located at Bristol Springs in Ontario County, New York. It is a large 2+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed, vernacular frame building built in 1923.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Wilder Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at South Bristol in Ontario County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1801 and contains about 60 stones dating from 1801 to 1900. It includes the graves of many of the early settlers of the crossroads hamlet of Mud Creek, a long gone settlement established by Gameliel Wilder in 1788.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

South Bristol is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from its separation from the Town of Bristol. The Town of South Bristol is in the southwestern part of the county. It claims to be the smallest town (by population) in the county.