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Stonecrest

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Stonecrest is a historic home located at Bedford Corners, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1879 in an eclectic Stick-Eastlake style and renovated in 1916.”

Wikipedia article Stonecrest (Bedford Corners, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 703 Croton Lake Rd., Bedford Corners, 10549
  • When was it listed? January 2004
  • Category. building
  • Town. Bedford town
  • National Register reference number. 03001520 - 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

1892 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Stonecrest, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering Stonecrest, surveyed 1892

Fires near this property

262 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Stonecrest between 2000 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined119
Natural39
Smoking29
Debris and open burning22
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stonecrest: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

12 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
The Woodpile0.2 miles1992
St. Mark's Episcopal Church1.3 miles1991
Richard H. Mandel House1.3 miles1996
Mount Kisco Municipal Complex1.6 miles1997
United Methodist Church and Parsonage1.8 miles1982
Stepping Stones2.0 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03001520 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Westchester CountyAll 250 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.