Built in 1875 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
From the record
“Denniston-Steidle House also known as Pineview Farm and the Steidle Farm is a historic home located at New Windsor in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1875, with a rear ell added in 1915.”
Wikipedia article Denniston-Steidle House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1875, Italianate architecture.
National Register reference number.12000257- 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.
Then and now
1902 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19021994
Fires near this property
555 since 1993
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 555 fires within 5 miles of Denniston-Steidle House
between 1993 and 2020, burning about 708 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 58 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
327
Arson/incendiarism
58
Smoking
32
Recreation and ceremony
31
Debris and open burning
31
Natural
29
Equipment and vehicle use
28
Fireworks
11
Misuse of fire by a minor
4
Power generation/transmission/distribution
4
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Denniston-Steidle House: 4 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
New Windsor, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain.
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.
Several spotters and law enforcement agencies reported downed trees and power lines in New Windsor . There were also reports of widespread power outages throughout the town.
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.
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.
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.
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