Built in 1916 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
From the record
“The Richard Pousette-Dart House and Studio is a historic property located northeast of Suffern in Rockland County, New York. The American Craftsman and Bungalow-style, stone building was originally erected c. 1916 as a carriage house for a country estate owned by New York City merchant Henry Potter McKenny.”
Wikipedia article Richard Pousette-Dart House and Studio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · built in 1916, American Craftsman.
National Register reference number. 100004802 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
1,354 since 1994
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1,354 fires within 5 miles of Richard Pousette-Dart House and Studio
between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,653 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 161 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
732
Smoking
205
Arson/incendiarism
161
Recreation and ceremony
67
Natural
57
Equipment and vehicle use
43
Debris and open burning
40
Misuse of fire by a minor
32
Power generation/transmission/distribution
15
Railroad operations and maintenance
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Richard Pousette-Dart House and Studio: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Suffern, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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.
In Suffern, two cars became stuck in high water beneath the Chestnut St. overpass. The water level eventually reached the roofs of both vehicles, but the passengers were able to evacuate in time.
The Mahwah River at Suffern reached its' flood stage at 345 pm, crested at 5.58 feet at 745 pm, and fell below flood stage at 1045 am on the 9th. This caused the closing of multiple streets in Suffern.
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.
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.
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.
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