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Photograph of Brotherhood Winery
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Brotherhood Winery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Brotherhood Winery is a winery located in Washingtonville, New York, in the Hudson River Valley approximately 50 miles northwest of New York City. It was founded in 1816 by a French immigrant, Jean Jacques, and produced its first commercial vintage in 1839; as such, it is commonly acknowledged to be the oldest operating winery in the United States.”

Wikipedia article Brotherhood Winery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. Brotherhood Plaza, Washingtonville, 10992
  • When was it listed? April 2000
  • Category. building
  • Town. Blooming Grove town
  • National Register reference number. 00000345 - 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

343 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Brotherhood Winery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined197
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning21
Smoking17
Natural15
Fireworks14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Brotherhood Winery: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highland Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bull MineIronPast Producer
Bull MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Ranier Hill ProspectIronProspect
Townsend Canterbury MineIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washingtonville, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
July 2010LightningWashingtonville$15,000Lightning struck a home in Washingtonville, causing a fire.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville$4,000Trees were reported down around town.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville$4,000Trees were reported down in Washingtonville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville$2,000Trees were snapped or uprooted.
September 2023HailWashingtonville-One inch hail report from MPING.
September 2021Flash FloodWashingtonville-Mountain Lodge Road in Washingtonville was closed due to flooding.
September 2011FloodWashingtonville-In Washingtonville, Democracy Ln. and Freedom Dr. were closed due to flooding. Mandatory evacuations were ordered in Washingtonville Manor and Brookside Acres as well as on Patricia Ln., Beverly Ln., Cardinal Dr., Peacock Circle and W. Main St. due to flooding of Moodna Creek.
September 2011FloodWashingtonville-Route 94 was closed west of Rt. 208 in Washingtonville due to flooding.
March 2011FloodWashingtonville-Moodna Creek overflowed its banks causing flooding of first floor residents and businesses on Route 208 as well as Route 94 near Washingtonville High School.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville-Trees down.
April 2007FloodWashingtonville-no account filed
June 1998HailWashingtonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

11 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
Moffat Library0.4 miles1994
Blooming Grove Church2.7 miles1996
A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex3.3 miles2001
Denniston-Steidle House3.6 miles2012
Jacob & Caroline Hawkins House3.7 miles2019
Thomas McDowell House3.8 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000345 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 187 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.