Brown-Ellis House

Built in 1800 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Brown-Ellis House, also known as the Amos Brown House and Baker House, is a historic home located at Highland, Ulster County, New York. The house was originally built about 1800, and expanded and renovated in the Greek Revival style about 1835.”
Wikipedia article Brown-Ellis House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1800, Greek Revival architecture.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Brown--Ellis House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 382 Crescent Ave., Highland, 12528
When was it listed? June 2014
Category. building
Town. Plattekill town
When was it built? 1800
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 14000316 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

355 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Brown-Ellis House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 39 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	204
Smoking	47
Arson/incendiarism	39
Debris and open burning	28
Natural	13
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2015	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2007	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Ulster 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 Brown-Ellis House: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	Sandstone
Clintondale Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Milton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 21 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2009	Lightning	Highland	1 killed	A man was in the backyard of his home wrapping up an extension cord when lightning either struck the ground near him or the cord.
July 1997	Lightning	Highland	$250,000	no account filed
December 2023	Flood	Highland	$5,000	Route 9W had partial lane closures between Highland and the Ulster/Orange County line due to flooding.
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	$2,000	A tree was reported down on a house in Milton due to strong thunderstorm winds.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	$500	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Wires were down near Vineyard Avenue and Reservoir Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	A tree was down on Tano Drive.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	A tree was down on the road near Christopher Avenue and Bell Drive.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	A tree was down on the road near River Road and Bellevue Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	A tree was down on Fair Street.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Wires were down on Bell Drive.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	A tree was down on Salk Drive.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	A tree was down on the road near Mile Hill Road and Ransom Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	A tree was down on Commercial Avenue Extension.
December 2023	Flood	Highland	-	US Route 44 was closed in both directions between Reservoir Road and Van Wagner Road.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	The public reported a large tree limb down.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Powerlines were downed near the Hamlet of Highland.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees and wires were downed.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees and wires were downed.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees and wires were downed in the Highland area.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees, wires, and poles were downed on Orchard Road in Milton.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees and wires were downed on River Road in Highland.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Highland due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees were downed and on a house due to thunderstorm winds in Highland.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Highland	-	Trees and wires were down and across Routes 44 & 55 in Highland due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013	Hail	Highland	-	Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm 1 mile south of Highland.
August 2011	Flood	Highland	-	The Twaalfskill Creek overflowed its banks into the town of Highland, with water washing over Vineyard Avenue.
July 2006	Hail	Highland	-	A trained spotter reported that nickle-sized hail occurred, in Highland.
June 2006	Hail	Highland	-	A trained spotter reported penny-sized hail in Highland.

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

1903 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1903 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1943 USGS Clintondale quadrangle1:31680
1946 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Clintondale quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Monticello 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
Thaddeus Hait Farm	3.1 miles	1988
Locust Lawn Estate	3.2 miles	1974
Shuart-Van Orden Stone House	3.3 miles	1995
Deyo-Dubois House	3.3 miles	2020
Jenkins-DuBois Farm and Mill Site	3.6 miles	2001
The Locusts	3.7 miles	1996

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 14000316 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ulster County	All 209 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.