Howard-Odmin-Sherman Farmstead

Built in 1840. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Howard-Odmin-Sherman Farmstead, also known as the Hidden Pond Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1860, and consists of a two-story, three-bay, frame dwelling with a one-story rear ell in a transitional Greek Revival / Italianate style.”
Wikipedia article Howard-Odmin-Sherman Farmstead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 128 National Register listings published here for Rensselaer County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1840.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listed as. Howard--Odmin--Sherman Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 393 Croll Rd., Pittstown, 12185
When was it listed? April 2014
Category. building
Also known as. Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
Town. Pittstown town
When was it built? 1840
National Register reference number. 14000130 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

166 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Howard-Odmin-Sherman Farmstead between 1997 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 28 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	81
Arson/incendiarism	28
Debris and open burning	25
Natural	11
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Smoking	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Recreation and ceremony	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 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
16 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not 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 Howard-Odmin-Sherman 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Burrello Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
East of Tomhannock Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Unnamed Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
West of Tomhannock Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this property

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittstown, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	$500,000	no account filed
June 1996	Flash Flood	Pittstown	$300,000	no account filed
August 1996	Lightning	Pittstown	$25,000	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	$10,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	$5,000	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	$4,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Pittstown	-	A local 911 call center operator reported a tree down on Gifford Rd.
June 2023	Hail	Pittstown	-	Around 1 inch hail fell in Pittstown.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Trees were downed in the Pittstown area.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	East Pittstown	-	A tree was downed on Route 67.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Tree downed near Croll Road and County Route 111.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Pittstown	-	Tamarac Road was closed with water running over the road.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Two trees were downed in Pittstown due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds in Valley Falls.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Pittstown due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	A tree was reported down and on a car due to thunderstorm winds in Pittstown.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Pittstown	-	Multiple roads were reported to be washed out in Pittstown due to flash flooding.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Pittstown due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Pittstown	-	Six to twelve trees were reported down across County Road 110 in Johnsonville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Pittstown due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Trees were blown down.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Pittstown	-	Trees and wires were blown down on Route 93.

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.

1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1954 USGS Tomhannock quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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-Wiley-Abbott Farmstead	0.7 miles	2012
Sherman Farm	0.7 miles	2003
Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead	0.8 miles	2013
Tomhannock Methodist Episcopal Church	1.8 miles	2014
Baum-Wallis Farmstead	1.8 miles	2013
Adams-Myers-Bryan Farmstead	3.0 miles	2013

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 14000130 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rensselaer County	All 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.