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Photograph of Abraham and Maria LeFevre House
Photograph by Max Ferri (MAXahf), CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Abraham and Maria LeFevre House

Built in 1742 (colonial architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Abraham and Maria LeFevre House is a historic home located at Gardiner in Ulster County, New York. It is a long, rectangular stone dwelling capped by a steep gable roof.”

Wikipedia article Abraham and Maria LeFevre House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1742, colonial 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. LeFevre, Abraham and Maria, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 56 Forest Glen Rd., Gardiner, 12561
  • When was it listed? July 2006
  • Category. building
  • Town. Gardiner town
  • When was it built? 1742
  • Architectural style. colonial architecture
  • National Register reference number. 06000645 - 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

239 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Abraham and Maria LeFevre House between 1995 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined117
Smoking36
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning22
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardiner, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGardiner$65,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGardiner$15,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGardiner$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGardiner$8,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGardiner$5,000no account filed
August 2013Flash FloodGardiner-A road in Gardiner was closed as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGardiner-Trees down

Every storm recorded in Ulster 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
John A. Lafevre House and School0.5 miles1989
Jenkins-DuBois Farm and Mill Site1.0 miles2001
Locust Lawn Estate1.4 miles1974
Guilford-Bower Farm House1.7 miles1999
Gardiner School1.7 miles2000
Hardenbergh-Jenkins Farm1.8 miles2020

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000645 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.
  • 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.