Augusta Savage House and Studio

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Augusta Savage House and Studio is a historic home and sculpture studio located at Saugerties in Ulster County, New York, United States. The house is a simple mid-19th century two story, timber-frame gabled-el style Greek Revival dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Augusta Savage House and Studio, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 2001 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Savage, Augusta, House and Studio - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 189 Old Rte. 32, Saugerties, 12477
When was it listed? March 2001
Category. building
Town. Saugerties town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 01000248 - 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

1895 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Augusta Savage House and Studio, surveyed 1997

Topographic sheet covering Augusta Savage House and Studio, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

267 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Augusta Savage House and Studio between 1997 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined	136
Arson/incendiarism	32
Debris and open burning	24
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Smoking	17
Natural	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Other causes	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
24 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Augusta Savage House and Studio: 25 producers, 22 past producers. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Mt. Marion	Bloating Material	Producer	Sedimentary
Paul Blum Cementon Plant	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Quarryville Blue Sandstone Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Saxton Blue Sandstone Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Alsen Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Alsen Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Catskill Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Catskill Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Cementon - Alsen Limestone Quarries	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saugerties, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 lightning, 2 hail. 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
August 2003	Lightning	Saugerties	$100,000	no account filed
September 1999	Flash Flood	Saugerties	$100,000	no account filed
September 1993	Tornado (F1)	Saugerties	$50,000	Severe thunderstorms developed behind a cold front as cold air funneled across eastern New York on the afternoon of September 10th. Thunderstorm winds downed trees in St. Johnsville and Halfmoon and large tree limbs in Waterford. In Hebron lightning struck a black locust tree, shattering the tree which broke windows in a nearby house. In Saugerties a small F1 tornado touched down tearing half the roof off a house and uprooting some trees.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$50,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$30,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$12,000	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$10,000	no account filed
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$10,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$8,000	no account filed
March 2024	Flood	Saugerties	$5,000	Some basement flooding was reported in the town of Saugerties.
August 2018	Flash Flood	Saugerties	$5,000	High water resulted in a vehicle becoming stranded with the motorist trapped inside. The road was closed. No injuries were reported.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$5,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$5,000	no account filed
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$5,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	$4,000	no account filed
August 2020	Flash Flood	Saugerties	-	Market Street was closed due to flooding.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	-	Trees were downed on Lighthouse and Clermont Streets.
August 2020	Flash Flood	Saugerties	-	Bennett Avenue was closed due to flooding.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	-	A large portion of a tree was downed.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	-	A tree was downed.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	-	Trees and power lines were downed in Malden along Main Street, York Street and Fiero Street due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	-	Trees were downed and on wires on Washington Avenue in the village of Saugerties between Russell Street and Division Street due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Saugerties	-	Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding in Saugerties. U.S. Route 9W and State Route 32 South (Partition Street) were closed, as they were impassable due to high water.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	-	Law enforcement personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down in Saugerties.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Saugerties	-	Road closures due to flooding.
May 2004	Hail	Saugerties	-	Hail observed on Rt 212 between Saugerties and Woodstock.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Saugerties	-	Trees and wires down.
July 2004	Lightning	Saugerties	-	At least one tree struck by lightning. Lightning also struck at least one power line, causing wires to burn.
May 2018	Hail	Saugerties	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1997 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Wynkoop House	1.7 miles	1984
Asbury Historic District	2.2 miles	2021
Trumpbour Homestead Farm	2.4 miles	1985
Dubois-Kierstede Stone House	2.7 miles	1998
Main-Partition Streets Historic District	2.7 miles	1982
Loerzel Beer Hall	2.9 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 01000248 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ulster County	All 209 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.