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Photograph of Bevier House Museum
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Bevier Stone House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“The Bevier House Museum, referred to simply as the Bevier House or Bevier Stone House prior to its conversion from a private residence, is located in Marbletown, near Kingston, New York. The house is also the home of the Ulster County Historical Society and is currently open to the public as a museum.”

Wikipedia article Bevier House Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster 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. 2687 NY 209, Marbletown, 12401
  • When was it listed? March 2002
  • Category. building
  • Town. Marbletown town
  • Architectural style. American colonial architecture
  • National Register reference number. 02000135 - 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

1901 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Bevier Stone House, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Bevier Stone House, surveyed 1901

Fires near this property

193 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Bevier Stone House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined89
Smoking27
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster 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 Bevier Stone House: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Abrasive, Limestone, General. 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
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kingston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nytralite AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nytralite Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marbletown, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. 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
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMarbletown$10,000no account filed
July 2021HailMarbletown-One and a quarter inch hail reported near Marbletown, NY.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-Tree downed onto wires along Route 209.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-A tree was downed on wires on Marcott Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-Numerous trees were reported down in Marbletown as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2009FloodMarbletown-Heavy rainfall led to flooding, resulting in the closure of Tongore Road.
October 2006FloodMarbletown-County Road 6 was closed due to flooding in Marbletown Township, approximately 6 miles southwest of Marbletown.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMarbletown-Trees and wires down.
May 2002HailMarbletown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Binnewater Historic District2.4 miles1982
Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District3.0 miles1992
All Saints' Chapel3.4 miles1986
Hurley Historic District3.4 miles1966
Cornelius Wynkoop Stone House3.6 miles1996
Main Street Historic District3.7 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02000135 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ulster CountyAll 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.