Checkerboard Inn

Built in 1790 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“The Checkerboard Inn, also known as the Forshee-Jenkins House, is a late 18th-century frame building located on Mansion Ridge Golf Club in Monroe, New York, United States. Originally built as a house, within a decade it went into service as an inn when the Orange Turnpike, an early toll road through the area, opened in 1802.”
Wikipedia article Checkerboard Inn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1790, 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 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 1292 Orange Turnpike, Monroe, 10950
When was it listed? November 2006
Category. building
Town. Monroe town
When was it built? 1790
Architectural style. Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 06001078 - 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

1,183 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,183 fires within 5 miles of Checkerboard Inn between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,621 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 127 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	473
Debris and open burning	378
Arson/incendiarism	127
Misuse of fire by a minor	75
Equipment and vehicle use	43
Smoking	32
Natural	26
Recreation and ceremony	19
Other causes	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Fireworks	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
8 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	16 acres	New York Forest Rangers	ISLAND POND
8 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Checkerboard Inn: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Arden Mica Deposit	Mica	Occurrence
Lake Winade Mica Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Blooming Grove Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Highland Mills Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Trout Brook Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bull Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Bull Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Magnetite
Clove Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Mombasha Lake Magnetite Area	Iron	Past Producer	1740
Mombasha Mine/O'Neill/Forshee/Clove Mines	Iron	Past Producer	Magnetite

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2011	Flood	Monroe	1 killed	Route 208 near Monroe was closed due to flooding.\|\|One 52 year old man drove through flood waters around 3 barricades and drowned in the Town of Tuxedo.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	$15,000	Numerous trees were reported down.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	$5,000	Multiple large trees down between 5 and 15 inches in diameter. Some shingles blown off a roof.
August 2017	Lightning	Monroe	$5,000	A house was struck by lightning on Lois Lane about 1 mile southeast of Monroe.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	$3,000	Trees and wires down on Lakes Road and Osseo Park Road in Monroe NY.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	$3,000	Tree and wires down on North Main Street, with road closed.
May 2014	Lightning	Monroe	$3,000	Lightning struck a garage just southwest of Monroe, resulting in damage to the garage and partial parts of the home on West Mombasha Road.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	$1,000	Tree reported down on Spring Street blocking traffic.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Monroe	-	Portion of Gilbert Street in the village of Monroe closed due to flooding.
September 2023	Flash Flood	Monroe	-	Emergency vehicle being dispatched to respond to flood waters.
September 2023	Flash Flood	Monroe	-	Flooding report from mPing. River or Creek overflowing. Yard or basement flooding.
July 2021	Hail	Monroe	-	Half Dollar size hail was reported.
August 2011	Flood	Monroe	-	A motorist was rescued after being stranded in high water on Larking Dr. in Harriman.
July 2010	Hail	Monroe	-	Nickle size hail was reported in Monroe.
August 2008	Hail	Monroe	-	Nickel size hail was reported by the Monroe Police.
December 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	-	A spotter reported damage to trees and telephone poles.
September 2004	Flash Flood	Monroe	-	Flash flooding was the cause of several road closures.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	-	no account filed
October 2005	Flash Flood	Monroe	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	-	no account filed
October 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroe	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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.

1902 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1935 USGS Schunemunk quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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
Village of Monroe Historic District	1.7 miles	1998
Rest Haven	2.1 miles	2017
Southfield Furnace Ruin	3.2 miles	1973
Arden	3.5 miles	1966
Rushmore Memorial Library	4.7 miles	2008
Fury Brook Farm	5.3 miles	2004

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 06001078 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange County	All 187 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.