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Photograph of New Paltz Downtown Historic District
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

New Paltz Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“New Paltz Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at New Paltz in Ulster County, New York. The district includes 147 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and eight contributing structures.”

Wikipedia article New Paltz Downtown Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 2009 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

225 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of New Paltz Downtown Historic District between 1997 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined98
Smoking37
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 1998Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Paltz, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 6 flood, 2 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
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$65,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$25,000no account filed
September 2003Flash FloodNew Paltz$18,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodNew Paltz$10,000no account filed
December 2008FloodNew Paltz$8,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding along Springtown Road in New Paltz, along with numerous basement pumpouts, as reported by Emergency Management officials.||In addition, Lattintown Creek between Lattintown and Milton also had water overflowing its banks.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$7,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$5,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$5,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$4,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$3,000no account filed
May 2002HailNew Paltz$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$2,000no account filed
February 2008FloodNew Paltz$1,000The combination of heavy rain, snowmelt, and clogged storm drains from significant snow and sleet accumulations, led to flooding of the Wallkill River in New Paltz. Two roads were reported closed due to this flooding. The two roads were Route 299 between the Wallkill River Bridge and Libertyville Road, and Springtown Road between Route 299 and Dug Road. The roads remained closed through Friday afternoon on February 15th.
March 2008FloodNew Paltz$1,000Springtown Road was closed between Route 299 and Dug Road due to flooding.||In addition, Route 299 was closed from the Wallkill River Bridge to Libertyville Road due to flooding.
August 2024FloodNew Paltz$500The department of highways reported the closure of Route 32 at North Front Street in New Paltz.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz$500no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-A tree was down on the road near Mohonk Avenue and Fairview Avenue.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-A tree was down on North Chestnut Street.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-A tree was down on Chestnut Street.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-There were reports of multiple trees down across New Paltz, some of which are near Route 32 and Henry W Dubois Drive. One fell onto a vehicle.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-Powerlines were downed near Pine Plains and Woodland Drive in the Town of New Paltz.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-Trees were downed in New Paltz.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-Trees and wires were downed in the New Paltz area.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-Two trees were reported down in New Paltz due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2014HailNew Paltz-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in New Paltz by a trained spotter on the campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-Trees were reported down along Main Street in New Paltz due to strong thunderstorm winds.
January 2010FloodNew Paltz-Springtown Road in New Paltz was reported reduced to one lane between Kleinekill Drive and Dug Road due to flooding in the southbound lane.
December 2008Heavy RainNew Paltz-The combination of heavy rain and snowmelt led to isolated minor flooding of Springtown Road, between Kleine Kill Drive, and Dug Road in New Paltz, forcing this portion of the road to be closed.||The road was closed at approximately 1530 LST on December 25th, and reopened by 0700 LST on December 29th.
June 2008HailNew Paltz-Penny size hail was reported in New Paltz during a thunderstorm.
October 2006FloodNew Paltz-On October 28, law enforcement personnel reported that Springtown Road between Kleine Kill Drive and Dug Road was closed due to flooding.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Paltz-Trees down
May 2004HailNew Paltz-Hail from storm caused loss of crops along US Rt 44 / State RT 55 area. Specific amount is unknown.
June 2020HailNew Paltz-no account filed
May 2002HailNew Paltz-no account filed

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 middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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
Elting Memorial Library0.1 miles2004
Jean Hasbrouck House0.2 miles1967
Bevier-Elting House0.2 miles1966
Maj. Jacob Hasbrouck Jr. House0.7 miles1999
The Locusts1.7 miles1996
Josiah DuBois Farm2.2 miles

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000561 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.