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Photograph of Davis-Ferris Organ
Photograph by Grace mayo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Davis-Ferris Organ

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“The Davis-Ferris Organ, built in 1847, is the oldest three-manual pipe organ that has escaped significant alteration in the United States. It is located in the Round Lake Auditorium in the village of Round Lake, New York.”

Wikipedia article Davis-Ferris Organ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Saratoga County · category: Object · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 2 Wesley Ave., Village of Round Lake, 12151
  • Category. object
  • Town. Malta town
  • National Register reference number. 100000864 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

298 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Davis-Ferris Organ between 1995 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 59 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/undetermined134
Arson/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning30
Natural20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Davis-Ferris Organ: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Mechcanicville Clay PitClayProducer
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Maps showing this location

16 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.

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
Round Lake Auditoriumunder 500 feet1975
Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge1.9 miles2004
Jonesville Cemetery2.2 miles2014
Jonesville Store2.2 miles2011
Dunning Street Cemetery2.4 miles2015
Smith's Grain and Feed Store3.2 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100000864 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saratoga CountyAll 83 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.