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One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Smith Octagon House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 1250 U.S. Rt. 9, Stockport, 12173
- When was it listed? May 2025
- Category. building
- Town. Stockport town
- National Register reference number. 100011820 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
180 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Smith Octagon House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 20 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Smith Octagon House: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone Qu | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Sackie Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cox Sackie Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stuyvesant Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stuyvesant Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockport, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2005: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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 2001 | Hail | Stockport | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Stockport | $11,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Stockport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Stockport | $9,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Stockport | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Stockport | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockport | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockport | - | Trees down |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockport | - | Trees down. |
Maps showing this location
11 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.
- 1893 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Hudson North quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hudson North quadrangle1:24000
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Church of St. John the Evangelist | 1.4 miles | 1972 |
| Stuyvesant Falls Mill District | 2.1 miles | 1976 | |
| James Lynch House | 2.5 miles | 2009 | |
| Lynch Hotel | 2.6 miles | 2005 | |
| R. and W. Scott Ice Company Powerhouse and Ice House Site | 2.7 miles | 1985 | |
| Van Valkenburgh-Isbister Farm | 3.2 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011820 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.