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William Ferdon House

Built in 1835 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“William Ferdon House, also known as Ferdon Hall, is a historic home located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling.”

Wikipedia article William Ferdon House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 93 National Register listings published here for Rockland County · listed in 2011 · category: Building · built in 1835, Greek Revival architecture.

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. Ferdon, William, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 270 Ferdon Ave., Piermont, 10968
  • When was it listed? May 2011
  • Category. building
  • Town. Orangetown town
  • When was it built? 1835
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 11000292 - 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

682 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 682 fires within 5 miles of William Ferdon House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 869 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined420
Smoking82
Natural61
Arson/incendiarism50
Recreation and ceremony30
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of William Ferdon House: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer
North Jersey Iron Ore Co. ProspectIronProspect
Taverniere & JohnsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897, 1908
Sparkill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sparkill PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this property

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piermont, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Flash FloodPiermont-Widespread flooding was reported on Route 303 in Orangeburg with multiple occupied vehicles under water and fire department rescue units on scene performing water rescues.
July 2021Flash FloodPiermont-NY 303 was closed due to flooding between Spruce Street and Orangeburg Road in Orangeburg.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPiermont-Power lines and trees down across 9W.
April 2007FloodPiermont-no account filed
December 2003Flash FloodPiermont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockland County

Maps showing this location

16 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Rockland Road Bridgeunder 500 feet2005
Haddock's Hallunder 500 feet1991
Rockland Road Bridge Historic District0.1 miles2011
First Reformed Church0.2 miles2015
House at 352 Piermont Avenue0.2 miles2015
Sparkill Creek Drawbridge0.2 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 11000292 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rockland CountyAll 93 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.