Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
From the record
“The Henry Varnum Poor House, also known as the "Crow House", is a historic home located on South Mountain Road at New City in Rockland County, New York. It was built between about 1920 and 1949 by artist Henry Varnum Poor (1887-1970).”
Wikipedia article Henry Varnum Poor House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.07001258- 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
1,340 since 2000
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1,340 fires within 5 miles of Henry Varnum Poor House
between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,723 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 143 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
837
Arson/incendiarism
143
Smoking
129
Natural
57
Recreation and ceremony
51
Equipment and vehicle use
41
Debris and open burning
35
Misuse of fire by a minor
29
Power generation/transmission/distribution
18
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
10 workings within 5 miles of Henry Varnum Poor House: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
New City, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 hail.
The reports record 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.
As a thunderstorm moved across Rockland County, it developed into a severe thunderstorm. This storm produced damaging winds that knocked several trees down in New City. This was reported by local police.
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.
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.
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.
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