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One of 128 National Register listings published here for Rensselaer County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
William Barnet & Son Shoddy Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 20 Forbes Ave., Rensselaer, 12144
- When was it listed? October 2020
- Category. district
- City. Rensselaer city
- National Register reference number. 100005703 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
1,208 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,208 fires within 5 miles of William Barnet & Son Shoddy Mill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 946 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 255 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 | 715 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 255 |
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Natural | 48 |
| Smoking | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of William Barnet & Son Shoddy Mill: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Hill Deposit | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Troy Plant | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Albany Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Troy Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Troy Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Valente Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Albany Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| East Greenbush Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| East Greenbush Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rensselaer, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | 1 hurt | A National Weather Service storm survey team investigated thunderstorm wind damage in the City of Rensselaer. The team determined that straight line winds (microburst) impacted the area. Based on the damage assessment, mainly trees, the team estimated the maximum wind speeds at 90 to 100 MPH. Several trees fell on homes, causing minor structural damage. One of trees fell on a porch resulting in minor injuries to a man. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Rensselaer | $4,000,000 | Very heavy rainfall from training thunderstorms led to significant urban and small stream flash flooding in and near the City of Rensselaer. A State of Emergency was declared in the City of Rensselaer as numerous roads were closed, with 6 or more feet of standing water reported on city streets. Evacuations of 50 to 75 homes occurred due to the flooding. Flooding was mainly concentrated along and near the banks of Quackenberry Creek, as well as near Mill Creek.||The Amtrak Station in Rensselaer was also closed due to the flooding.||Flash flooding also closed Routes 9 and 20, a portion of Route 151, and Luther Road, in East Greenbush. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | $29,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Rensselaer | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Rensselaer | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Flood | Rensselaer | $1,000 | South Street at Aiken Avenue was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | A tree was downed on Seventh Street. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Trees were reported down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Trees were reported down via Facebook due to thunderstorm winds in Rensselaer. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Rensselaer. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | A tree was reported down on wires in Rensselaer due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Law enforcement personnel reported numerous small trees blown down in Rensselaer. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Trees were blown down. |
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.
- 1893 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1925 USGS Troy quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Troy South quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Troy South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000 - 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clark-Dearstyne-Miller Inn | under 500 feet | 2008 |
 | Patroon Agent's House and Office | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
| Van Rensselaer High School | 0.6 miles | 2012 | |
 | Beverwyck Manor | 0.6 miles | 1979 |
 | W.P. Irwin Bank Building | 1.5 miles | 2007 |
| Harder Manufacturing Company-Albany Woolen Company Inc. Building | 1.7 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005703 in Record Group 79. |
| Rensselaer County | All 128 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.