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Asa Stower House

Built in 1806 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Asa Stower House is a historic home located at Queensbury, Warren County, New York. It was a five-by-two-bay, 2-story, side-gabled residence, with a rear ell wing and slate roof in a Federal style.”

Wikipedia article Asa Stower House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 76 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1806, Federal 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 3 objectss, 1 building, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Stower, Asa, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 693 Ridge Rd., Queensbury, 12804
  • When was it listed? April 2006
  • Category. building
  • Town. Queensbury town
  • When was it built? 1806
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 06000261 - 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

1895 to 1989

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Asa Stower House, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet covering Asa Stower House, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

553 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 553 fires within 5 miles of Asa Stower House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 468 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 93 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/undetermined265
Arson/incendiarism93
Smoking56
Recreation and ceremony31
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Warren 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 Asa Stower House: 10 producers, 9 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Morgan Lumber & Lime Company QuarryLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionPast Producer1882, 1975
Chestertown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glen Falls Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chestertown QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jointa Stone Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandy Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Chesterton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this property

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Queensbury, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 1994: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 1994Thunderstorm WindQueensbury$50,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindQueensbury$5,000Severe thunderstorms moved across parts of eastern New York ahead of a low pressure system which was moving into the area during the afternoon hours of July 30th. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines with Washington and Herkimer Counties being hardest hit. In Colonie torrential rains resulted in an urban flood as storm drains backed up.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindQueensbury$5,000A low pressure system moved northeast from the Ohio Valley on the morning of June 27th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New York. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines with Vestal in Broome County and Fort Edward in Washington County being the areas hardest hit. In Vestal well over 100 trees were downed by thunderstorm winds and in Fort Edward a tree fell crushing a parked car.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindQueensbury$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindQueensbury$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindQueensbury$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindQueensbury$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Sanford House0.3 miles1998
Queensbury Quaker Burying Ground2.0 miles2015
James L. Dix House2.2 miles1984
Stephen T. Birdsall House2.2 miles1984
F. W. Wait House2.2 miles1984
Society of Friends Hall2.3 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000261 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Warren CountyAll 76 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.