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Rowe Farm

Built in 1790. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Rowe Farm is a historic home and farm near South Bethlehem, Albany County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1875, and is a two-story, Italianate frame dwelling with a center hall plan and a gable roof.”

Wikipedia article Rowe Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 234 National Register listings published here for Albany County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1790.

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

The listing

  • Address. 281 Bridge St., South Bethlehem, 12158
  • When was it listed? February 2012
  • Category. building
  • Town. Bethlehem town
  • When was it built? 1790
  • National Register reference number. 11001088 - 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

198 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Rowe Farm between 2000 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined106
Arson/incendiarism30
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Natural16
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance2.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 7,421 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 7,421 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rowe Farm between 1760 and 1975: 4,316 Fungi, 2,077 Animalia, 841 Plantae, 85 Protozoa, 58 Chromista, 42 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Stereum neglectum PeckStereum neglectum Peck1894C. L. ShearAlcove
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
A photograph of the species Utricularia gibba, not of this specimenUtricularia gibba L.1828J. HallGreenbush
A photograph of the species Peziza acetabulum, not of this specimenPeziza acetabulum L.1829H.H. EatonAlbany
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
A photograph of the species Bidens tripartita, not of this specimenBidens tripartita L.1830Collector unspecifiedAlbany
A photograph of the species Spiranthes lacera, not of this specimenSpiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.1834Herb. (Jas.) MacnabAlbany
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1837A. ClappN. Albany.
A photograph of the species Stylosanthes Sw., not of this specimenStylosanthes Sw.1837Clapp, A.New Albany.

All 7,421 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Rowe Farm: 13 producers, 8 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
South Bethlehem Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
East Nassau Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
James H. Malloy, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James H. Maloy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Bethlehem Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this property

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Bethlehem, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 3 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Bethlehem-Tree damage was reported near the intersection of Jarvia Road North and Bushendorf Road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Bethlehem-A tree was downed on a road in the Hamlet of South Bethlehem.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Bethlehem-Tree and wires downed.

Every storm recorded in Albany County

Maps showing this location

15 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.

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
Dr. John Babcock House0.9 miles2003
Bethlehem Grange No. 1371.0 miles2002
Schoonmaker House1.6 miles2001
First Reformed Dutch Church of Bethlehem2.1 miles2002
Tobias Ten Eyck House and Cemeteries2.2 miles1994
District School No. 13.0 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 11001088 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Albany CountyAll 234 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.