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Stewart House and Howard-Stewart Family Cemetery

Built in 1857 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Stewart House and Howard-Stewart Family Cemetery is a historic home and family cemetery located in Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York. It was built about 1857, and is a two-story, "T"-plan Greek Revival style timber frame farmhouse with a side wing.”

Wikipedia article Stewart House and Howard-Stewart Family Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Schoharie County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1857, 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, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Stewart House and Howard--Stewart Family Cemetery - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 583 NY 10, South Jefferson, 12167
  • When was it listed? May 2012
  • Category. building
  • Town. Jefferson town
  • When was it built? 1857
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 12000261 - 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

62 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Stewart House and Howard-Stewart Family Cemetery between 1993 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined23
Natural9
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 July 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 June 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Maps showing this location

8 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
Forks in the Road Schoolhouse2.6 miles2005
Parker 13-Sided Barn2.6 miles1984
Jefferson Historic District2.8 miles2025
South Gilboa Railroad Station2.8 miles2000
First Presbyterian Church of Jefferson2.9 miles2012
Lansing Manor House6.0 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000261 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Schoharie CountyAll 52 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.