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

Oliver Barrett House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“The Oliver Barrett House is located on Reagan Road in the Town of North East, New York, United States, south of the village of Millerton. It is a frame farmhouse built in the mid-19th century, possibly on the site or with materials from another, older house.”

Wikipedia article Oliver Barrett House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess 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

  • Listed as. Barrett, Oliver, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Reagan Rd., Millerton, 12546
  • When was it listed? November 2000
  • Category. building
  • Town. North East town
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 00001416 - 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.

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Oliver Barrett House, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Oliver Barrett House, surveyed 1899

Fires near this property

109 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Oliver Barrett House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined62
Natural14
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry341 MILLERTON ROAD
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry11 WILLIAMS RD
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 1993Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Oliver Barrett House: 27 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, Lead, Copper. 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
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead MineLead, Silver, Iron, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant MineLead, Copper, Iron, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Marble QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Quartzite QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Amenia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Amenia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
General Bush Copper MineCopperPast Producer
Smithfield MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millerton, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 2002Thunderstorm WindMillerton$20,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMillerton$13,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMillerton$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMillerton-A member of the public relayed a delayed report of multiple trees down in Millerton via social media.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMillerton-Two trees were downed with a car stuck between the two fallen trees along Route 199 near Millerton.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMillerton-Trees were downed in the Village of Millerton.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMillerton-A large maple tree was reported down in Millerton due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

10 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
Coleman Station Historic Districtunder 500 feet1993
Hiddenhurst0.5 miles1991
Dakin-Coleman Farm0.5 miles2000
Thomas N. Wheeler Farm0.9 miles2000
Ezra Clark House1.3 miles1985
Indian Rock Schoolhouse3.2 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00001416 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess CountyAll 266 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.