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Photograph of A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex

Built in 1842 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex is located along NY 94 in the Orange County town of Cornwall, New York, United States. It is next to the Salisbury Mills Metro-North station and not far from the Moodna Viaduct.”

Wikipedia article A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2001 · category: Building · built in 1842, Greek Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Walsh, A., Stone House and Farm Complex - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1570 NY 94, Cornwall, 12553
  • When was it listed? December 2001
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Cornwall MPS
  • Town. Cornwall town
  • When was it built? 1842
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 01001384 - 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

1902 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

506 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 506 fires within 5 miles of A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex between 1993 and 2020, burning about 726 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined303
Arson/incendiarism55
Natural30
Debris and open burning29
Smoking27
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use18
Fireworks12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of A. Walsh Stone House and Farm Complex: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Townsend Canterbury MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Moodna PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Moodna PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plum Point PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plum Point Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Denniston-Steidle House1.6 miles2012
Thomas McDowell House2.0 miles2004
Samuel Brooks House2.1 miles1996
Kellogg, The, House2.1 miles2001
Isaac Cocks House2.1 miles1996
Edmonston House2.2 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 01001384 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.