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Photograph of Walsh-Havemeyer House
Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Walsh-Havemeyer House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Walsh-Havemeyer House, also known as the Plympton House, is a historic home located at New Windsor in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1835 and subsequently expanded and modified.”

Wikipedia article Walsh-Havemeyer House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 structuress, 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 10 Plympton St., New Windsor, 12550
  • When was it listed? March 2010
  • Category. building
  • City. Newburgh city
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 10000101 - 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.

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Walsh-Havemeyer House, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Walsh-Havemeyer House, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

747 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 747 fires within 5 miles of Walsh-Havemeyer House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,213 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 76 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/undetermined456
Arson/incendiarism76
Smoking53
Natural43
Recreation and ceremony37
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use33
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Walsh-Havemeyer House: 18 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone. 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
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast ProducerGraphite
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-021StonePast ProducerGneiss, Granite
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Chateaugay MineIronPast Producer1871
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024IronPast ProducerLimonite
Limonite Mine No. Hj-024.IronPast Producer
Moodna PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Windsor, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor$6,000Numerous trees down in New Windsor, specifically near Jackson Avenue and NY Route 94.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor$5,000Numerous trees and wires were reported down across New Windsor.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor$5,000Trees and Wires were reported down throughout New Windsor, including on Route 32 near Ardmore Street, and at 1 Briarcliff Place.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor$5,000Multiple trees and tree limbs were reported down across New Windsor.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor$3,000A few trees and tree limbs were reported down in New Windsor.
May 2012HailNew Windsor-Quarter size hail was reported near New Windsor.
September 2011FloodNew Windsor-Forge Hill Rd. was closed between Rt. 94 and Rt. 9W in New Windsor due to flooding.
May 2010HailNew Windsor-Nickel size hail was reported in New Windsor.
August 2008HailNew Windsor-Penny size hail was reported.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor-Large tree knocked down on house.
July 2004Heavy RainNew Windsor-Thunderstorms produced rainfall rates of 2.50 inches per hour.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor-Several spotters and law enforcement agencies reported downed trees and power lines in New Windsor . There were also reports of widespread power outages throughout the town.
May 2002Flash FloodNew Windsor-Slow moving clusters of heavy showers and thunderstorms produced widespread flash flooding of poor drainage areas and streets in New Windsor.
May 2012HailNew Windsor-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor-no account filed
September 1999Heavy RainNew Windsor-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Windsor-no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodNew Windsor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Washington's Headquarters0.6 miles1966
New York State Armony0.6 miles1981
Newburgh Colored Burial Ground0.8 miles2010
East End Historic District0.9 miles1985
US Post Office-Newburgh0.9 miles1989
Dutch Reformed Church1.0 miles1970

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000101 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 187 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.