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Photograph of Steuben Memorial State Historic Site
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

von Steuben, Baron, Memorial Site

Built in 1862. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

One of 90 National Register listings published here for Oneida County · listed in 2009 · category: District · built in 1862.

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

The listing

  • Address. Starr Hill Rd., Remsen, 13438
  • When was it listed? August 2009
  • Category. district
  • Town. Steuben town
  • When was it built? 1862
  • National Register reference number. 09000635 - 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of von Steuben, Baron, Memorial Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersN SHORE HINKLEY LAKE
17 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 June 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of von Steuben, Baron, Memorial Site: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barneeveld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccartney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spear PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this property

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Remsen, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRemsen$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000Several trees uprooted from thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRemsen$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRemsen$1,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008HailRemsen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church2.6 miles1988
Mappa Hall5.1 miles1982
Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse5.7 miles2005
Camroden Presbyterian Church6.5 miles2007
Holland Patent Stone Churches Historic District6.9 miles1991
Holland Patent Railroad Station7.0 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000635 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oneida CountyAll 90 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.