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Photograph of Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home
Photograph by Ritzel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home, also known as the Edward Hopper House Art Center, is an art center and historic home located at 82 North Broadway, 3 1/2 blocks north of Main Street, Nyack in Rockland County, New York. It is a 2-story, side hall, mid-19th-century Greek Revival-style dwelling with a Queen Anne-style addition.”

Wikipedia article Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland 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

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Hopper, Edward, Birthplace and Boyhood Home - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 82 North Broadway, Nyack, 10960
  • When was it listed? April 2000
  • Category. building
  • Town. Orangetown town
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 00000352 - 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

1,296 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,296 fires within 5 miles of Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 97 started naturally. 82 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/undetermined781
Smoking189
Natural97
Arson/incendiarism82
Recreation and ceremony61
Equipment and vehicle use40
Debris and open burning35
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes1

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
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
Sing Sing Ag MineLead, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Sing Sing Silver MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Sparta Copper DepositCopper, LeadOccurrence
Sparkill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sparkill PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West Nyack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Nyack Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this property

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nyack, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 5 hail, 3 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2013LightningUpper Nyack1 hurtLightning struck a home in Airmont, causing a man to move across an interior room. He was not injured. Lightning also tore off shingles and bowed a wall of a neighboring house.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$10,000Multiple reports of downed trees (and branches) and power lines in the town of Valley Cottage. Some locations include Milburn Court and Flower Lane, Kings Highway between Maple and Old Mill, and Old Mill and Boxberger.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNyack$10,000A large tree was reported down on a car at the intersection of US Route 9W and Christian Herald Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$5,000A line of substantial trees were damaged that runs several streets through a neighborhood near Radcliff Drive in Upper Nyack NY.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$3,000Large tree uprooted, pulling up the sidewalk with power lines down on North Broadway.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNyack$2,000Trees down on wires on North Broadway road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack$1,000Downed tree blocking NY 59 westbound at Deacon Smith Hill Road in Nyack.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack$1,000A tree down on Kreuz Drive.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack$1,000A tree was reported down, blocking West Nyack Road in West Nyack.
August 2024HailUpper Nyack-Public reports 1 inch hail near Radcliff Drive in Upper Nyack NY.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack-A tree branch with base about the size of hand down in Palisades Mall parking lot.
May 2013Flash FloodNyack-In Nyack, rapidly flowing water on Main St. blocked the entire road.
June 2012HailWest Nyack-Quarter size hail was reported on I-287 near mile marker 20.
June 2011Flash FloodWest Nyack-Rt. 59 near the Palisades Mall in Nyack was closed due to flooding.
June 2011HailNyack-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2009HailUpper Nyack-Quarter size hail was reported by a trained spotter.
August 2008Flash FloodUpper Nyack-Rockland Lake Rd. was impassable in Valley Cottage.
August 2008Flash FloodWest Nyack-Numerous roads were flooded in Nanuet. The intersection of North Middletown Rd. and Atlantic Ave. in Nanuet was closed at 5:40 EDT due to flooding. Germonds Road in Clarkstown (Rockland Lake) was also closed due to flooding.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSouth Nyack-Numerous trees down.
July 2005Flash FloodNyack-Torrential rains caused flash flooding of streets and residences. A man from Pearl River was attempting to start a sump pump to pump out his driveway when he stepped in a puddle that an electrical line was running through. He was electrocuted and died.
September 2004Flash FloodWest Nyack-Numerous roads closed due to flash flooding.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack-The Rockland County Office of Emergency Management reported numerous wires, trees, and tree limbs down across the township of Clarkstown.
July 2002Flash FloodWest Nyack-Torrential rain occurred in and around West Nyack. Radar estimated rainfall rates between 2 and 4 inches within 1 hour. This caused a roof drain to overflow at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. Rain water infiltrated the structure resulting in the flooding of many stores, a partial wall collapse at a JC Penny's Department store and the evacuation of the mall.
August 2003Flash FloodWest Nyack-no account filed
May 1998LightningWest Nyack-no account filed
May 1998HailWest Nyack-no account filed
July 1998LightningNyack-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockland County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

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.

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
Tappan Zee Playhouse0.2 miles1983
John Green House0.2 miles2017
US Post Office-Nyack0.3 miles1989
St. Paul's United Methodist Church0.5 miles2001
Ross-Hand Mansion0.5 miles1983
Carson McCullers House0.5 miles2006

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000352 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rockland CountyAll 93 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.