Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
“Harry Fischel House, also known as Fairlawn, is a historic home located at Hunter in Greene County, New York. It was built about 1840 and substantially enlarged in 1904.”
Wikipedia article Harry Fischel House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 101 National Register listings published here for Greene 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 ground this property stands on, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Harry Fischel House between 1992 and 2017, burning about 95 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 16 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $12,000 | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | Two trees were reported down in the town of Hunter. |
| October 2017 | Heavy Rain | Hunter | - | Social Media reported 7 inches of heavy rainfall. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | A tree was blown down in Hunter during a thunderstorm. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hunter Synagogue | under 500 feet | 1999 |
 | IOOF Hall | 0.1 miles | 2002 |
 | St. Mary's of the Mountain Church | 0.9 miles | 1999 |
 | Hunter Mountain Fire Tower | 2.6 miles | 1997 |
| Onteora Park Historic District | 3.4 miles | 2003 | |
 | Church of St. John the Evangelist | 4.0 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000348 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Greene County | All 101 listed properties in this county. |
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