Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 935 fires within 5 miles of Scarsdale Woman's Club between 2000 and 2020, burning about 809 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 86 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 | 525 |
| Smoking | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Natural | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Scarsdale Woman's Club: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Chester Metals Division Refinery | Silver | Plant | ||
| Dobbs Ferry Plant | Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarsdale, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | 1 killed | The body of a man was found in Saxon Woods Park in White Plains after he exited his stranded car and was swept away by flood waters. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $3,000 | A few trees were reported down in Scarsdale. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $1,500 | A three foot diameter tree was downed at Penn Boulevard and Weaver Street. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $750 | One inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $500 | A large tree limb was reported down in Scarsdale. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | The southbound Hutchinson River Parkway was closed due to flooding at Exit 13 in White Plains. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | Westchester Office of Emergency Management reported that there was up to 5 feet of standing water on some side streets in New Rochelle. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed in both directions between Harney Road and the Sprain Brook Parkway. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | - | Trees and power lines down in Scarsdale and Tarrytown. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wayside Cottage | 0.2 miles | 1981 |
 | Caleb Hyatt House | 0.7 miles | 1973 |
 | Scarsdale Railroad Station | 0.9 miles | 2000 |
 | US Post Office-Scarsdale | 1.1 miles | 1989 |
| Bronx River Parkway Reservation | 1.5 miles | 1991 | |
 | Hartsdale Railroad Station | 1.6 miles | 2011 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000110 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Westchester County | All 250 listed properties in this county. |
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