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One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Underhill-Acker House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 4 Hamilton Ave., Croton-on-Hudson, 10520
- When was it listed? July 2017
- Category. building
- Town. Cortlandt town
- National Register reference number. 100001363 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
582 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 582 fires within 5 miles of Underhill-Acker House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 42 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 | 349 |
| Smoking | 51 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| 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 2009 | 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 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Underhill-Acker House: 17 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Property Deposit | Corundum | Prospect | ||
| Ossining Area | Vanadium, Lead | Occurrence | Vanadinite | |
| Peekskill Area | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Peekskill Area Prospect | Titanium, Aluminum, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Sing Sing Ag Mine | Lead, Silver, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Sing Sing Silver Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver | |
| Stony Point Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-006 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Croton-on-Hudson, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Flood | Croton On Hudson | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A raft carrying five men capsized on the Croton River just south of Silver Lake Park shortly before 6 pm. The men were rescued from the raging river, which was moving at a speed of around 40 mph, but not before three of the rescue workers were tossed from their rescue boat and were swept under a trestle bridge just south of the Croton-Harmon station. The rescue workers were pulled from the water without injury. One man on the raft suffered from hypothermia after being forced to cling to a tree for 2 hours until he was rescued. Another was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $75,000 | Multiple trees were reported down around Croton-on-Hudson, including on 4 homes and several cars. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $3,000 | Multiple trees down on State Highway 9 in Croton-On-Hudson. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $3,000 | Multiple tree limbs down throughout Croton-On-Hudson blocking roadways. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | Tree down on NY 129 west of Batten Road, all of 2 lanes closed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A large tree branch down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A Tree branch down blocking Teatown Road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Croton Dam Road and Route 129 just northwest of Croton Gorge Park. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A tree was reported down in Croton-On-Hudson. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Croton On Hudson | - | Public reports 1.5 inch hail. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | - | A 63 mile per hour gust was reported at the Croton-on-Hudson mesonet. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | - | The gust was measured at a location along the Hudson in Croton, NY. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Croton On Hudson | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Croton-On-Hudson. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
15 surveysUnited 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.
- 1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Augustine's Episcopal Church Complex | 0.3 miles | 2006 |
 | Croton North Railroad Station | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
 | Asbury United Methodist Church and Bethel Chapel and Cemetery | 0.5 miles | 2000 |
 | Van Cortlandt Manor | 1.3 miles | 1966 |
 | Old Croton Dam, Site of | 2.3 miles | 1973 |
 | Aaron Copland House | 2.5 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001363 in Record Group 79. |
| Westchester County | All 250 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.