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One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2022 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Sweet-Sherman Homestead (Additional Documentation)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- Address. 582-614 Center Hill Rd., Copake, 12516
- When was it listed? August 2022
- Category. district
- Town. Copake town
- National Register reference number. 100007955 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Sweet-Sherman Homestead (Additional Documentation) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sweet-Sherman Homestead (Additional Documentation): 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copake Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Copake Limonite Mine | Iron, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Weed Limonite Mine | Manganese, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Weed Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Copake Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Hillsdale Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Hillsdale Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Weed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this property
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copake, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 lightning, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Hail | Copake | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Copake | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | $6,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Copake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Lightning | Copake | $1,500 | Lightning struck a tree which fell on a house. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | $1,000 | A local 911 call center reported a tree down on wires which caught fire near a residence in Copake. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | A 60 mph gust was measured at the New York State Mesonet at Copake. Trees and wires were also reported down throughout the town. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Copake | - | A tree fell onto wires and caught fire at Four Corners Road between Jackson and Elm. |
| December 2020 | Flood | West Copake | - | Trout Brook Road in Copake was closed near Empire Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged camping vehicles by causing a picnic table to become airborne. A golf cart was also overturned as a result of the thunderstorm winds as well. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | A tree was downed and blocking the road near Sky Farm Road along County Route 7A in Copake. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Power lines were reported down on Route 7A in Copake due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Power lines were reported down in Copake due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Copake | - | Half dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at the Ancram Ameri Store on Route 22 in Copake. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds at the Ancram Ameri Store on Route 22 in Copake. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Trees and multiple power lines were reported down on Main Street (Route 7A) due to thunderstorm winds in Copake. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Trees and wires were reported down on County Route 7A in Copake due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Copake on Route 7A, Farm Road and Mountain View Road due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Copake | - | Trees were reported down on Wiltsie Bridge Road near Route 3 in Ancram due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Copake | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Copake during a thunderstorm. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Fire and Rescue personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down at 4 Corners Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in Copake. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copake | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Copake due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | West Copake | - | Power outages due to lightning strikes. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Copake | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 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.
- 1902 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Copake quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Copake Memorial Clock | 1.1 miles | 2012 |
| Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery | 1.2 miles | 2007 | |
| Copake Grange Hall | 1.3 miles | 2001 | |
| Copake Railroad Depot | 1.9 miles | 2024 | |
| Copake Falls Methodist Episcopal Church | 1.9 miles | 2012 | |
 | Church of St. John in the Wilderness | 2.2 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007955 in Record Group 79. |
| Columbia County | All 155 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.