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One of 114 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Graves Mansion
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 27 Church Ln., Au Sable Forks, 12912
- When was it listed? November 2022
- Category. building
- Town. Jay town
- National Register reference number. 100008338 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
132 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Graves Mansion between 2002 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 32 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Graves Mansion: 21 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyradey Estate Deposits | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gulf Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Gulf Prospect | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Ausable Forks Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| George W. Smith Ore Bed Deposit | Iron, Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Passaic Crushed Stone Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Charles Clements Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Emerald Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Keystone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stickney Bridge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
8 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.
- 1895 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:25000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Au Sable Forks Historic District | under 500 feet | 2026 | |
| Asgaard Farm | 1.4 miles | 2020 | |
| Tahawus Masonic Lodge | 1.5 miles | 2021 | |
| Wilmington Bridge | 7.6 miles | 1999 | |
| Wellscroft | 8.0 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008338 in Record Group 79. |
| Essex County | All 114 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.