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Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead is a historic home and farm located near Johnsonville, Rensselaer County, New York. The original section of the farmhouse was built about 1830, with the central block and wing added about 1870.”

Wikipedia article Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 128 National Register listings published here for Rensselaer 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

  • Listed as. Cannon--Brownell--Herrington Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 551 Otter Creek Rd., Johnsonville, 12094
  • When was it listed? January 2013
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
  • Town. Pittstown town
  • National Register reference number. 12001131 - 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

154 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead between 1997 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural10
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burrello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
West of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this property

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsonville, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 6 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
August 2002Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$10,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$5,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville-Trees and wires downed.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville-Numerous trees and wires were down and many other trees uprooted by strong thunderstorm winds across rural northern Rensselaer County.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville-Several large tree limbs were reported down in Johnsonville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville-Trees were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Johnsonville.

Every storm recorded in Rensselaer County

Maps showing this location

14 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
Thomas-Wiley-Abbott Farmstead0.2 miles2012
Howard-Odmin-Sherman Farmstead0.8 miles2014
Baum-Wallis Farmstead1.2 miles2013
Sherman Farm1.3 miles2003
Tomhannock Methodist Episcopal Church2.3 miles2014
Adams-Myers-Bryan Farmstead3.1 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12001131 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rensselaer CountyAll 128 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.