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Greenwich District School No. 11

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4 Ryan Rd., Center Falls, 12834
  • When was it listed? December 2020
  • Category. building
  • Town. Greenwich town
  • National Register reference number. 100005961 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Greenwich District School No. 11, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet covering Greenwich District School No. 11, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich District School No. 11 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Greenwich District School No. 11: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Middle Falls QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast ProducerDolomite, Limestone
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1845

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Falls, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
September 2021LightningCenter Falls$20,000Lightning caused a fire at a residence near Route 29 in Middle Falls.
July 2023Flash FloodCenter Falls$5,000Route 29 had all lanes closed between Hepatica Way and Hardscrabble Road due to a Flash Flood.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-A tree and wires were downed at State Route 372 and County Route 60.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-Trees and wires were downed on Colonel Baume Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-A tree and a utility pole were downed on Route 372 near Greenwich due to thunderstorm winds. The roadway was closed as a result of the damage.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-A tree was reported down on Route 372 in Easton as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Flash FloodCenter Falls-Several roads in Greenwich and Center Falls were closed a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall, including State Route 29 and Prospect Street.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCenter Falls-Wires were reported down on Route 29 near By Pass Road in Greenwich due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Maps showing this location

12 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
Susan B. Anthony Childhood House1.5 miles2007
Stoops Hotel1.6 miles2009
Thomas McLean House1.7 miles2007
Village of Greenwich Historic District2.5 miles1995
Maxwell Farm2.7 miles2012
Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory5.0 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100005961 in Record Group 79.
Washington CountyAll 52 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.