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Photograph of Houses at 37-47 North Fifth Street
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Houses at 37-47 North Fifth St.

Built in 1870 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“The houses at 37-47 North Fifth Street in Hudson, New York, United States, are a row of six Italianate buildings. They were built around 1870 by Freeman Coons, a local builder.”

Wikipedia article Houses at 37-47 North Fifth Street, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2003 · category: District · built in 1870, Italianate architecture.

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 6 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 37-47 N. Fifth St., Hudson, 12534
  • When was it listed? November 2003
  • Category. district
  • City. Hudson city
  • When was it built? 1870
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture
  • National Register reference number. 03001142 - 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

284 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Houses at 37-47 North Fifth St. between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined122
Debris and open burning49
Natural30
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Houses at 37-47 North Fifth St.: 9 producers, 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Diamond Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Fabiano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kearny PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Plass HillIronPast ProducerResidual
West Athens Clay PitClayProducer
West Athens Clay PitClayPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this property

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 5 flash flood, 3 lightning. 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
December 2023FloodHudson$20,000Flooding of basements and businesses were reported in Hudson.
August 2003LightningHudson$10,000no account filed
June 2002LightningHudson$5,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindHudson$4,000no account filed
December 2008FloodHudson$2,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding, leading to the closing of Route 9G near Hudson.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHudson$2,000no account filed
December 2023FloodHudson$1,000Route 9G between Power Avenue and Mt Merino Road was closed due to flooding.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHudson$1,000no account filed
August 2002LightningHudson$1,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were reported down in a few locations in the Town of Greenport and City of Hudson.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were downed near the intersection of North Third Street and Warrant Street in Hudson.
April 2022FloodHudson-Route 9G was cut off when water cascading off Mount Merino collided with flooding from the swollen Hudson River at high tide.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-A pole was snapped and wires downed.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-A tree was downed onto wires.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-A pole was broken with wires downed.
December 2020FloodHudson-Flooding was reported on Route 9G in Greenport near Hudson.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHudson-Two trees were downed.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were downed and burning.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees downed onto vehicles along Robinson Street.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees were downed across State Route 9G near Mt. Merino Road in the town of Greenport due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2015FloodHudson-New York State Route 23B was closed in the town of Greenport between Middle Road the Hudson City Line due to flooding.
June 2014Flash FloodHudson-Thunderstorm heavy rain led to flash flooding in the city of Hudson. Many streets between Warren Street and Fairview Avenue (Route 9) were inundated with water and became impassable.
June 2014Flash FloodHudson-Thunderstorm heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in the town of Greenport. A portion of State Route 9G at Mount Merino Road was impassable due to high water.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were reported down in Hudson due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHudson-Multiple trees were reported down in the city of Hudson as a result of thunderstorm winds. In addition, the steeple of a church built in 1869 also collapsed as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHudson-Numerous trees, utility poles and wires were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts in Hudson. This resulted in a state of emergency to be issued for the City of Hudson and many area businesses closed early for the day.
August 2011HailHudson-Ping-pong ball to golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hudson.
August 2009Flash FloodHudson-Water was reported over Route 9G in Hudson due to heavy rainfall.
August 2007HailHudson-An observer in Greenport reported nickel size hail.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees were reported down in Hudson, Austerlitz and Stuyvesant due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees blown down.
August 2004Flash FloodHudson-In Greenport Center, Spook Rock Road (County Route 29) closed from County Route 23 to Route 9H due to flooding. In Hudson, South Third Street closed near Mount Merino.
August 2004HailHudson-3/4" hail observed in Greenport Center.
August 2003Flash FloodHudson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia County

Maps showing this location

11 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
Cornelius H. Evans House0.1 miles1974
Harder Knitting Mill0.2 miles2023
US Post Office-Hudson0.2 miles1988
Hudson Almshouse0.3 miles2008
Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate0.5 miles2003
Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Stables0.5 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03001142 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Columbia CountyAll 155 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.