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One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 2021 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Wethersfield
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.
The listing
- Address. 257 Pugsley Hill Rd., Amenia, 12501
- When was it listed? March 2021
- Category. district
- Town. Stanford town
- National Register reference number. 100006303 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The 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.
Fires near this property
68 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Wethersfield between 2000 and 2019, burning about 46 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Wethersfield: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Iron, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Mine | Lead, Copper, Iron, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Pb Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Amenia Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1825, 1835 | |
| Amenia Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1760 | |
| General Bush Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| General Bush Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Smithfield Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bangall Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bangall Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amenia, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | $245,000 | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Amenia | $45,000 | A tornado briefly touched down just south of Amenia, New York |and moved north northeast into the village. The tornado started|near the intersection of Powder House Road and Ohandley Drive and|caused sporadic damage along its path length. One house along|Ohandley drive had partial roof damage and a two by four and a|small branch driven into the side of the home. Nine out of ten |homes on Ohandley Drive sustained damage. The tornado ended near |the intersection of Mechanic Street and East Main Street where it |ripped the roof off a restaurant. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amenia | - | NWS Albany received a report of large tree limbs down blocking one lane on NY-22 in Amenia via an email from NY Alert. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | A 911 call center operator reported a tree down across Old Route 22 near Amenia Lake Road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Trees were downed on Sharon Station Road near Amenia. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Routes 22 was closed due to a downed tree. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Yellow City Road was closed due to a downed tree. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Mygatt Road was closed due to a downed tree. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Multiple trees were downed in the hamlet of Amenia prompting road closures on Depot Hill Road, Midway Road, and Prospect Avenue. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amenia | - | Downed tree was blocking lanes on Southbound Highway 9. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Amenia. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Amenia. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Amenia | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Amenia. |
| July 2012 | Hail | South Amenia | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Wassaic. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | A tree was reported down on Route 343 just east of Route 44 in Amenia due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Amenia due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amenia | - | Fire and Rescue personnel reported trees and wires were blown down onto Depot Road in Amenia. |
Maps showing this location
11 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1899 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Smithfield Presbyterian Church | 1.5 miles | 2012 |
 | Pulver-Bird, House | 2.0 miles | 2008 |
 | Attlebury Schoolhouse | 3.1 miles | 2016 |
 | Bangall Post Office | 3.3 miles | 2014 |
 | Dr. Cornelius Nase Campbell House | 4.2 miles | 2007 |
| Winans-Huntting House | 4.5 miles | 2017 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006303 in Record Group 79. |
| Dutchess County | All 266 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.