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Photograph of Ligonier Point Historic District
Photograph by Mwanner, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Ligonier Point Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Ligonier Point Historic District is a national historic district located at Willsboro, Essex County, New York. The district encompasses 8 contributing buildings, 16 contributing sites, 7 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects related to stone quarrying, boat building, and farming by the Clark family during the 19th century.”

Wikipedia article Ligonier Point Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 114 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2013 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. Point Rd., Ligonier Way, Willsboro, 12996
  • When was it listed? January 2013
  • Category. district
  • Town. Willsboro town
  • National Register reference number. 12001129 - 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

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Ligonier Point Historic District between 1994 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 1998Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
18 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 July 1995Natural2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
25 June 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 June 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ligonier Point Historic District: 14 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Garnet. 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
Interpace/ Willsboro, N.Y.Wollastonite, GarnetUnknown
Irvin Calkins Graphite ProspectGraphiteProspect
Unnamed QuarryStonePast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarryGranitePast Producer
Elsworth Diopside ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Mount Bigelow MineGarnetPast Producer1905, 1914, 1950
Northern QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1880, 1890
Jacques PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jacques PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sheehan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this property

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willsboro, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$25,000Damage to Willsboro Bay Marina as well as several large trees.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$20,000Several trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds across Willsboro.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$15,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$10,000Multiple trees reported downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$10,000Several reports of trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000Several trees up to half foot in diameter downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
June 2002HailWillsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Essex County

Maps showing this location

9 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
Adsit Log House0.3 miles1992
Edgewater Farm1.2 miles1988
Flat Rock Camp2.8 miles2006
Willsboro School, The3.6 miles2010
Willsboro Congregational Church3.8 miles1984
Kessel Park Inn4.6 miles2023

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12001129 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Essex CountyAll 114 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.