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One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lewis County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Basselin House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1911.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 9757 NY 812, Croghan, 13327
- When was it listed? February 2022
- Category. building
- Town. Croghan town
- National Register reference number. 100007408 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
47 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Basselin House between 1995 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Basselin House: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croghan Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Croghan Plant | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Kirschnerville | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Croghan Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lehman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyndaker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Bremen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Croghan, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | 1 killed, $20,000 | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $12,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on George Street. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Croghan | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $6,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $6,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $2,000 | Report of multiple trees and wires down. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $2,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Croghan. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croghan | $1,000 | A few trees down in Croghan. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Croghan | - | Flooding along the Beaver River in some buildings along Resha Rd, South Bridge St, and NY 812 in Croghan. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Croghan | - | 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.
- 1911 USGS Lowville quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Lowville quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Croghan quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District | under 500 feet | 2024 | |
| Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District | under 500 feet | 2024 | |
| Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2024 | |
 | Croghan Island Mill | 0.5 miles | 2010 |
| Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District | 0.7 miles | 2024 | |
| Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Historic District | 1.4 miles | 2024 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007408 in Record Group 79. |
| Lewis County | All 50 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.