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One of 79 National Register listings published here for Otsego County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Rutherford House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 26 East St., Edmeston, 13335
- When was it listed? December 2019
- Category. building
- Town. Edmeston town
- National Register reference number. 100004733 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
40 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Rutherford House between 2002 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rutherford House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edmeston, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | 1 hurt, $3,000 | Several trees were blown down including a tree that fell on a motorcyclist. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $25,000 | A road washout occurred along State Highway 20 near Edmeston. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $15,000 | A thunderstorm strengthened to severe limits over northern sections of the county. The cell was responsible for downing trees and power lines in Edmeston shortly after 200 pm EDT. Several more trees were blown down in Richfield Springs thereafter. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Edmeston | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $10,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in multiple trees and wires being knocked over throughout the county. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Edmeston | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Edmeston | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | South Edmeston | $5,000 | Water was flowing over County Route 20 at Simmons Road. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | South Edmeston | $5,000 | Flooding occurred across numerous roads near the village of South Edmeston. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Edmeston | $5,000 | Trees and wires down on a car. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Edmeston | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $3,000 | Numerous roads were flooded in the area. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $3,000 | A thunderstorm developed over the region and quickly became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds which resulted in trees and wires being knocked over near the city of Edmeston. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $3,000 | Six trees were blown down on houses. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Edmeston | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Dutch Valley Road. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $1,000 | Route 80 was flooded in several locations. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $1,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | - | Trees down. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Edmeston | - | Newspaper reports indicate that lightning struck a house but caused no significant damage. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Edmeston | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Edmeston | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | South Edmeston | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Edmeston | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 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.
- 1910 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Edmeston quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Edmeston quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | West Burlington Memorial Church | 2.8 miles | 2001 |
| Beardslee Farm | 6.3 miles | 2000 | |
| Lunn-Musser Octagon Barn | 6.5 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004733 in Record Group 79. |
| Otsego County | All 79 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.