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Photograph of Lasell Hall
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lasell Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Hall, is a historic home located at Schoharie in Schoharie County, New York which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It was built around 1795 is a five-bay timber framed Federal-style house, with several wings in the back.”

Wikipedia article Lasell Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Schoharie County · listed in 2002 · 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.
  • Address. 350 Main St., Schoharie, 12157
  • When was it listed? January 2002
  • Category. building
  • Town. Schoharie town
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 01001444 - 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

98 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Lasell Hall between 1996 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2003Debris and open burning2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 July 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lasell Hall: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Strontium, Barium-Barite. 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
Schoharie Pyrite DepositSulfur, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Schoharie Strontianite DepositStrontium, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Schoharie Strontianite OccurrenceStrontiumOccurrence
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Masick Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Schoharie No. 3 Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Howe's Cave Quarry No. 19Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Masick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schoharie No. 3 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this property

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schoharie, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 22 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Flash FloodSchoharie$50,000Numerous roads were closed across Schoharie County due to flash flooding. These included, but were not limited to, Creek Road to Esperance and to the Montgomery County line, Treadlemire Road to Middleburgh, Junction Road, Zicha Road, Sanatarium Road to Esperance and Schoharie, Benninger Road, Barton Hill Road, Sheldon Road, and portions of Route 30.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSchoharie$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSchoharie$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSchoharie$10,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSchoharie$1,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Wires were downed leading to a brush fire.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Branches and limbs were down. Also dime size hail was reported.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Large tree limbs were down at Main St. and Bridge St.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Trees were downed.
June 2021HailSchoharie-Dime size hail was reported in Schoharie.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-A couple of trees were downed on Schoharie Hill Road near the Village of Schoharie.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Tree was down onto wires.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Trees were downed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-A tree and large tree limbs were downed on Sunnyside Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Two trees were downed.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Multiple trees and branches were reported down in Schoharie as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-A trained spotter recorded a wind gust of 74 MPH during a thunderstorm in the village of Schoharie. The wind downed one tree at this spotter's location as well.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-A tree and wires were reported down in Schoharie due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-A trees and wires were reported down during a thunderstorm in Schoharie.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Trees and wires were reported down in Schoharie due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Flash FloodSchoharie-Roads were closed within the village of Schoharie due to flash flooding. A state of emergency was declared and travel was strongly discouraged due to debris blocking roadways within the village.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Schoharie.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Trees and wires were reported down in Schoharie due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2011HailSchoharie-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Schoharie.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Trees were reported down along State Route 443 near Schoharie due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSchoharie-Large trees and power lines were reported down in Schoharie due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Schoharie County

Maps showing this location

10 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
Schoharie County Courthouse Complexunder 500 feet1995
St. Paul's Lutheran Church Historic District0.2 miles2014
Old Lutheran Parsonage0.2 miles1972
Marshall D. Bice House0.2 miles2017
Jacob T. Miers House0.3 miles2015
Johannes Jr. Lawyer House0.4 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 01001444 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Schoharie CountyAll 52 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.