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Two-Mile Visual Ape Architectural Survey TWO-MILE VISUAL APE ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY FOR THE PROPOSED HORSESHOE SOLAR PROJECT, TOWN OF CALEDONIA, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, AND Northeast Branch 2390 Clinton Street Buffalo, NY 14227 Tel: (716) 821-1650 TOWN OF RUSH, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK. Fax: (716) 821-1607 Southeast Branch 2301 Paul Bryant Drive NYSHPO# 18PR07941 Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 Tel: (205) 556-3096 Fax: (205) 556-1144 Mid-South Branch 91 Tillman Street Prepared for: Memphis, TN 38111 Tel: (901) 454-4733 Fax: (901) 454-4736 INVENERGY One South Wacker Drive, Suite 1800 Corporate Headquarters P.O. Box 20884 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Tuscaloosa, AL 35402 Tel: (205) 248-8767 Fax: (205) 248-8739 Prepared by: PANAMERICAN CONSULTANTS, INC. Buffalo Branch Office 2390 Clinton Street Buffalo, New York 14227 (716) 821-1650 February 2020 TWO-MILE VISUAL APE ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY FOR THE PROPOSED HORSESHOE SOLAR PROJECT, TOWN OF CALEDONIA, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, AND TOWN OF RUSH, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK NYSHPO# 18PR07941 Prepared for: INVENERGY One South Wacker Drive, Suite 1800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Prepared by: Christine M. Longiaru, M.A., Principal Investigator Mark Steinback, M.A., Project Director PANAMERICAN CONSULTANTS, INC. 2390 Clinton Street Buffalo, New York 14227-1735 (716) 821-1650 Fax (716) 821-1607 February 2020 Management Summary SHPO Project Review Number: 18PR07941 Involved State and Federal Agencies: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE; Lead Agency), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and NYS Department of Public Service (DPS) Phase of Survey: Two-mile Visual APE Architectural Survey (Reconnaissance) Project Location Information: Minor Civil Division: Towns of Caledonia (MCD 05102) and Rush (MCD 05516) County: Livingston and Monroe Direct APE Study Area: 2,768 acres (1,120 hectares) Livingston County: Towns of Avon, Caledonia, and York (05117); Village of Avon (MCD 05143) Monroe: Towns of Caledonia, Rush, Wheatland (MCD 05519); Village of Caledonia (MCD 05144). Two-mile Visual APE Survey Area (Metric & English): +56.06 sq. mi. (+35,878.4 acres); Area of visibility area +36.7 sq. mi. (+23,488 acres) USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Map: Caledonia, NY 1984 [1950], Rush, NY 1997 [1971]) Results of Historic Resources Survey: Number of S/NRHP-Listed resources: 3 Number of previously determined S/NRHP-Eligible individual resources: 9 Number of previously determined S/NRHP-Eligible Historic Districts resources: 2 Number of newly recommended S/NRHP-Eligible individual: 22 Number of recommended S/NRHP-Eligible Historic Districts: None Number of recommended State/National eligibility status “Undetermined”: 9 Number of Recommended “Not eligible” for listing in S/NRHP (individual): 3 Report Author(s): C.M. Longiaru, M. Steinback Date of Report: February 2020 Panamerican Consultants, Inc. ii Horseshoe Solar Two-mile Visual APE Survey Table of Contents Management Summary .................................................................................................................................. ii List of Figures and Tables ............................................................................................................................. iv 1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Project Description ................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Visual Area of Potential Effect ................................................................................................ 1-2 2.0 Context and Background Research ................................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Selected Historic Maps ........................................................................................................... 2-8 3.0 Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 National Register Criteria ....................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Assessment of Adverse Effects to Historic Properties ........................................................... 3-1 3.3 Project Consultation ............................................................................................................... 3-3 3.4 Previous Architectural Resources Surveys in the Study Area ............................................... 3-3 3.5 Survey Methods ...................................................................................................................... 3-7 4.0 Historic Resources Survey Results .................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Town of Avon (MCD 05101), Livingston County .................................................................... 4-2 4.2 Town of Caledonia (MCD 05102), Livingston County ............................................................ 4-2 4.3 Town of York (MCD 05117), Livingston County ..................................................................... 4-3 4.4 Village of Avon (MCD 05143), Livingston County .................................................................. 4-3 4.5 Village of Caledonia (MCD 05144), Livingston County .......................................................... 4-4 4.6 Town of Rush (MCD 05516), Monroe County ........................................................................ 4-4 4.7 Town of Wheatland (MCD 05519), Monroe County ............................................................... 4-6 5.0 Visual Impacts to Architectural Resources ....................................................................................... 5-1 6.0 Mitigation of Visual Impacts .............................................................................................................. 6-1 7.0 References ....................................................................................................................................... 7-1 Appendix A: Project Survey Map: Locations of Historic Properties in the Visual APE Appendix B: Annotated List: Architectural Resources Appendix C: Wells Barns Panamerican Consultants, Inc. iii Horseshoe Solar Two-mile Visual APE Survey List of Figures and Tables FIGURE PAGE 1.1 Location of the Horseshoe Solar Energy Project in the Towns of Caledonia and Rush, Livingston and Monroe Counties, New York .................................................................................... 1-3 1.2. Horseshoe Solar Energy Project Location with 2-mile visual APE study area in Livingston and Monroe Counties .............................................................................................................................. 1-4 1.3 Location of the project area in the Towns of Caledonia and Rush, Livingston and Monroe Counties, New York ......................................................................................................................... 1-5 2.1 Map of the Genesee Valley Canal in the Town of Caledonia, ca. 1855, showing approximate location of the project area ............................................................................................................... 2-4 2.2 The approximate location of the project area in the Towns of Caledonia in 1872 ........................... 2-8 2.3 The approximate location of the project area in the Town of Rush in 1872 ..................................... 2-9 2.4 The approximate location of the project area in the Town of Caledonia in 1902 ........................... 2-10 2.5 The approximate location of the project area in the Town of Rush in 1902 ................................... 2-11 2.6 The approximate location of the project area in the Town of Rush in 1924 ................................... 2-12 5.1 Frequency of structures relative to nearest distance from APE ....................................................... 5-2 TABLE 3.1 Previously Inventoried Resources in the Horseshoe Solar study area ............................................ 3-5 4.1 Architectural Survey Results: Historic Resources in Horseshoe Solar Visual APE ......................... 4-7 5.1 Previously surveyed properties in the viewshed of Horseshoe Solar Project and visual impacts of project solar panels and project facilities ........................................................................ 5-3 5.2 Newly surveyed properties in the viewshed of Horseshoe Solar Project and visual impacts of project solar panels and project facilities without USNs .............................................................. 5-5 Panamerican Consultants, Inc. iv Horseshoe Solar Two-mile Visual APE Survey 1.0 Introduction Panamerican Consultants, Inc., was contracted by Horseshoe Solar Energy LLC (HSS), a subsidiary of Invenergy, to conduct a Two-Mile Visual Area of Potential Effect (APE) historic resources survey for the proposed Horseshoe Solar power generation project in the Towns of Caledonia, Livingston County, and Rush, Monroe County, New York, where HSS is planning to construct a solar power generating facility (Figures 1.1 through 1.3). The historic architectural resources survey was prepared as part of review of the HSS facility under Article 10 (Certification of Major Electrical Generating Facilities) of the New York State Public Service Law. The information and recommendations included in this report are intended to assist the Department of Public Service (DPS) and the New York State
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