Quaker Lane Farms

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Quaker Lane Farms is a historic home and farm complex located at Hyde Park in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The complex consists of the farmhouse, barn, barn, an outhouse, and a corn crib.”
Wikipedia article Quaker Lane Farms, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Address. 11 Ruskey Ln., Hyde Park, 12538
When was it listed? December 2003
Category. building
Town. Pleasant Valley town
Architectural style. Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 03001303 - 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

1898 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Quaker Lane Farms, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet covering Quaker Lane Farms, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Quaker Lane Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 64 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	141
Arson/incendiarism	64
Debris and open burning	21
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Natural	9
Smoking	7
Recreation and ceremony	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Quaker Lane Farms: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Limestone Quarry No. Hj-005	Stone	Past Producer
Pleasant Valley Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Limestone Quarry No. Hj-0.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pleasant Valley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Clinton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hyde Park Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Morris Bank	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mountain Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hyde Park, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2007	Flood	Hyde Park	$5,700,000	Heavy rain led to widespread flooding of small streams and creeks across the county, which began during the early morning hours of Monday, April 16th, and persisted into Wednesday morning on the 18th.\|Record flooding occurred on the Wappingers Creek at Wappingers Falls, which crested at 15.06 feet at 19:45 EST on the 16th, which was 7.06 feet above the flood stage of 8.0 feet.\|Moderate flooding also was recorded along the Tenmile River at Webatuck, which crested at 11.23 feet at 16:45 EST on the 16th. \|Widespread flooding led to numerous road closures, which included large stretches of the Taconic State Parkway in both directions throughout the county.\|In addition, numerous home foundation collapses were reported near Stormville during Monday morning on the 16th.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$500,000	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$100,000	no account filed
August 2003	Flash Flood	Hyde Park	$75,000	no account filed
August 2003	Flash Flood	Hyde Park	$25,000	no account filed
April 2022	Flood	Hyde Park	$20,000	A few road closures were reported in Pawling, Lagrangeville, Fairview and Poughkeepsie due to flooding. Some of the roads in Pawling suffered minor washouts.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$20,000	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$15,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$13,000	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$10,000	no account filed
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$2,000	During the late evening hours of May 19, a cold front initiated several severe thunderstorms across the Mid-Hudson Valley of eastern New York. Trees were downed by the wind in Ulster and Dutchess Counties. Scattered power outages also occurred when trees knocked down several power lines. Approximately 1,000 customers lost power for several hours.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$2,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	$2,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Hyde Park	$1,000	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	A tree was downed with branches blocking Albany Post Road at Market Street in the Town of Hyde Park.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	Tree limbs were downed.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	Trees and wires were downed in the Hyde Park area.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	Power lines were reported down in Hyde Park due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	A tree was downed on Route 9 (Albany Post Road) due to thunderstorm winds in Hyde Park. The roadway was briefly closed and traffic was detoured around the area until the tree was removed.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	A tree and wires were downed at the intersection of Route 9 and Vanderbilt Lane in Hyde Park due to thunderstorm winds. Traffic had to be re-routed around the area until utility crews were able to repair the power lines.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Hyde Park.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	Trees were reported down and on wires due to thunderstorm winds in Hyde Park.
August 2011	Hail	Hyde Park	-	Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hyde Park.
June 2008	Hail	Hyde Park	-	Golf ball size hail was reported in Hyde Park during a thunderstorm. In addition, trees were also reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds.\|\|The hail stripped the leaves off many trees in Hyde Park, with the greatest concentration of hail occurring between State Route 9, East Market Street, State Route 9G, and South Cross Street.\|\|The large hail damaged tree fruits, berries and vegetables near Hyde Park, and across several other areas within Dutchess County. Total preliminary crop damage estimates from the hail in Dutchess County were approximately $588 thousand.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	Trees were reported down in Hyde Park due to strong thunderstorm winds. Golf ball size hail was also reported in Hyde Park during this thunderstorm.\|\|A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team determined that straight line winds from a thunderstorm downed some trees and large limbs in the vicinity of Hyde Park. Peak estimated winds were 60 mph.
June 2006	Hail	Hyde Park	-	A trained spotter reported nickle-sized hail at the Vanderbilt National Historic Site in Hyde Park.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	Trees down
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyde Park	-	Trees down
May 2000	Hail	Hyde Park	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1963 USGS Salt Point quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000

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
Crum Elbow Meeting House and Cemetery	0.4 miles	1989
William Stoutenburgh House	3.2 miles	1972
Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School	3.4 miles	2011
Top Cottage	3.4 miles	1997
Howard Mansion and Carriage House	3.8 miles	1993
George Rymph House	3.9 miles	1993

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03001303 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess County	All 266 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.