Maxwell Farm

Built in 1815 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Maxwell Farm, also known as the O'Donnell-Hill Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Jackson, Washington County, New York. The house was built about 1815, and expanded and updated about 1850 in the Greek Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Maxwell Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1815, Greek Revival architecture.

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

The listing

Address. 311 Cty. Rd. 61, Jackson, 12816
When was it listed? June 2012
Category. building
Town. Jackson town
When was it built? 1815
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 12000368 - 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

1895 to 1989

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Maxwell Farm, surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet covering Maxwell Farm, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Maxwell Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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	76
Debris and open burning	38
Arson/incendiarism	16
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
29 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
10 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
31 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
16 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maxwell Farm: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Al Jean Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

1895 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000 - 2 printings
1944 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1946 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000

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
Thomas McLean House	1.3 miles	2007
Susan B. Anthony Childhood House	1.3 miles	2007
Stoops Hotel	1.4 miles	2009
Greenwich District School No. 11	2.7 miles	2020
Shushan Covered Bridge	2.8 miles	1978
Rexleigh Covered Bridge	3.0 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 12000368 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 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.
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.