L.C. Simonds Adirondack Cabin

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Simonds Adirondack Cabin, also known as "Breezy Bluff Cottage," is a historic home located near Clemons, Washington County, New York. It was built in 1910 and is a rustic Adirondack-style dwelling.”
Wikipedia article L. C. Simonds Adirondack Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Simonds, L.C., Adirondack Cabin - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 130 Cat Den Rd, Clemons, 12887
When was it listed? November 2010
Category. building
Town. Dresden town
Architectural style. rustic architecture
National Register reference number. 10000941 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

44 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of L.C. Simonds Adirondack Cabin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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	17
Arson/incendiarism	9
Natural	6
Debris and open burning	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Other causes	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
27 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	62 acres	Vermont Division of Forestry	not named
25 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	LAPLAND POND
16 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 August 1999	Natural	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
2 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.4 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 August 2002	Other causes	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	CRUSHER HILL FIRE
4 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not 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 L.C. Simonds Adirondack Cabin: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Hooper Brothers Mine	Graphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite	Past Producer	1916, 1921
Whitehall Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Sandstone
Eastern Quarry	Slate, Dimension	Producer
General Quarry	Slate, Dimension	Producer
Adirondack Mining & Milling Co.Mine	Graphite	Past Producer
Al Jean Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Silver Leaf Graphite Co.Mine	Graphite	Past Producer
Sleight Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Sleight Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clemons, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
August 2020	Flash Flood	Clemons	$1,000	Flooded roadway was reported near State Route 22 and Blue Goose Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Clemons	-	A tree was reported down across Pike Brook Road.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Clemons	-	A tree was downed at Blue Goose Road and Route 22.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Clemons	-	Power lines were reported down due to thunderstorms winds at the corner of State Route 22 and Lake Road.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Clemons	-	Multiple trees were reported down in Clemons 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.

1893 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1902 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Dresden District School No. 2	3.5 miles	2019
Main Street Historic District	4.4 miles	1975
Judge Joseph Potter House	4.4 miles	1974
Whitehall Fire Station	4.5 miles	2018
US Post Office-Whitehall	4.5 miles	1989
Whitehall Armory	4.9 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 10000941 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 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.