Colden Mansion Ruins

Built in 1767. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“The Colden Mansion Ruins are located in the Town of Montgomery, New York, United States, along NY 17K, at the intersection of Stone Castle Road and Route 17K. The stone walls and foundations, still visible in the woods just off the road, are all that still stands from the house built in 1767 by Cadwallader Colden Jr., son of Cadwallader Colden, and his wife Elizabeth Ellison of New Windsor.”
Wikipedia article Colden Mansion Ruins, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1767.

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 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. NY 17K, Montgomery, 12550
When was it listed? July 2007
Category. building
Town. Montgomery town
When was it built? 1767
National Register reference number. 07000758 - 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

464 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 464 fires within 5 miles of Colden Mansion Ruins between 1993 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 50 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	275
Arson/incendiarism	50
Debris and open burning	35
Smoking	30
Equipment and vehicle use	26
Natural	20
Recreation and ceremony	11
Fireworks	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Other causes	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 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
5 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montgomery, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
July 2006	Lightning	Montgomery	1 killed, 1 hurt	Lightning struck 2 women that were playing golf near the Osiris Country Club in Montgomery, resulting in 1 death and 1 injury. The women were struck inside a shelter after running for cover.
July 2012	Lightning	Montgomery	$10,000	Lightning hit a house in Montgomery damaging a chimney.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$10,000	Many trees were reported down on cars and streets, as well as multiple utility poles and wires in Montgomery.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$5,000	Multiple trees and power lines were reported down across the town of Montgomery.
June 2009	Lightning	Montgomery	$5,000	Lightning struck a house at 65 O'Hare Road.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$3,000	Wires down at 1224 Route 17K in Montgomery NY.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$2,000	A tree fell on top of power lines on Ward Street in Montgomery.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$2,000	A tree was reported down on a house on Charles Street.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$2,000	A tree was reported down across Ward Street.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$1,500	A tree was reported down on westbound New York State Route 17K near Union Street in Montgomery.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	$1,000	Wires were reported down 1 mile north of Montgomery at the intersection of River Road and Willow Lane.
August 2020	Hail	Montgomery	-	A spotter reported quarter sized hail.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	-	Trained spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust along with quarter sized hail.
March 2008	Flash Flood	Montgomery	-	Route 17 near Albany Post Rd. was closed due to flooding.
July 2007	Hail	Montgomery	-	Coating of penny size hail.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	-	Spotters reported that strong winds knocked over several trees, that resulted in a disruption of power.
May 1994	Hail	Montgomery	-	An isolated severe thunderstorm developed just ahead of an advancing cold front. Numerous reports of between 1/4 and 1/2 inch hail were received as this storm passed across southeastern New York. The dime-size hail in Montgomery was reported by a National Weather Service technician working outside at the time.
July 2011	Hail	Montgomery	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Montgomery	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Montgomery	-	no account filed
August 2003	Flash Flood	Montgomery	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Montgomery	-	no account filed
September 2000	Heavy Rain	Montgomery	-	no account filed
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Montgomery	-	no account filed
August 1999	Funnel Cloud	Montgomery	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Montgomery	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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.

1903 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1903 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1942 USGS Walden quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS Walden quadrangle1:31680
1946 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Walden quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Monticello 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
Colden Family Cemetery	0.8 miles	2005
Brown Farmstead	0.9 miles	2005
Colden Hill Farm	0.9 miles	2020
Nathaniel Hill Brick House	2.3 miles	1978
Belknap Stone House	2.4 miles	2001
Benjamin Haines House	2.8 miles	1996

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07000758 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.
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.