Haxton-Griffin Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

One of 101 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Listed as. Haxton--Griffin Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 84 Howard Hall Rd., Athens, 12414
When was it listed? January 2012
Category. building
Town. Athens town
National Register reference number. 11000999 - 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

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Haxton-Griffin Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 20 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	131
Debris and open burning	36
Smoking	21
Arson/incendiarism	20
Natural	19
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
6 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 September 2007	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
26 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Haxton-Griffin Farm: 12 producers, 12 past producers, 2 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Iron. 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
South Potic Mountain Blue Ss Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Austin's Glen Deposit	Quartz	Occurrence
Diamond Hill Deposit	Quartz	Occurrence
Fabiano Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kearny Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron Mine	Iron, Sulfur	Producer	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron Mine	Iron, Sulfur	Past Producer
Plass Hill	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Catskill Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Catskill Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this property

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athens, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 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
June 2001	Lightning	Athens	$100,000	no account filed
June 2001	Lightning	Athens	$50,000	no account filed
August 2003	Flash Flood	Athens	$25,000	no account filed
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Athens	$15,000	no account filed
July 2003	Tornado (F1)	Athens	$10,000	no account filed
December 2023	Flood	West Athens	$3,000	County Route 74 was closed in the Town of Athens due to flooding.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Athens	$3,000	Trees were downed in the Town of Athens. This occurred along an outflow boundary ahead of thunderstorms.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Athens	-	Route 385 North and Southbound were closed due to downed wires.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Athens	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Athens due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013	Hail	Athens	-	Half dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Athens.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Athens	-	Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Athens.
August 2008	Hail	Athens	-	Penny size hail was reported at Sleepy Hollow Lake near Athens during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Greene County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United 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.

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 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
William Brandow House	0.5 miles	2009
Rushmore Farm	0.9 miles	2010
Moore-Howland Estate	1.2 miles	2010
Athens Lower Village Historic District	1.5 miles	1980
Albertus Van Loon House	1.9 miles	1980
Zion Lutheran Church	1.9 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 11000999 in Record Group 79.
Greene County	All 101 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.