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One of 128 National Register listings published here for Rensselaer County · listed in 2016 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Newton-Taber-Martin Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- Address. 149 Clarks Chapel Rd., Nassau, 12018
- When was it listed? November 2016
- Category. district
- Town. Nassau town
- National Register reference number. 16000752 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Newton-Taber-Martin Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 52 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 | 135 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Newton-Taber-Martin Farm: 11 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alps Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beberwick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| C.E. Wicks Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| C.E. Wicks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| C.E. Wicks Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Castleton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dunns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dunns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edgewood Drive Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Edgewood Drive Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nassau, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Nassau | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Nassau | $27,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | $17,000 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm formed over southern Rensselaer County during the early morning hours of September 10th. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the southeast corner of the Town of Nassau. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | A tree and wires were downed near New York Route 203 and Alter Alley Way in Nassau. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Several large tree limbs were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Trees were snapped and uprooted. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Route 203 was closed in the town of Nassau between Evelyn Drive and Smith Road due to downed poles and wires. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Trees were reported down along Route 20 in Nassau due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Nassau | - | Route 20 was closed between Bliss School House Road and Route 66 due to downed trees and wires in the town of Nassau as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | A tree was downed in Nassau due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Nassau | - | The Kinderhook Creek overflowed its banks and flooded Chatham Street in Nassau. The water also rose and affected a senior housing complex, which prompted an evacuation of the building. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Multiple trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Nassau. |
| June 2011 | Hail | East Nassau | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in East Nassau. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Trees were reported down on powerlines in Nassau due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped power poles and downed wires in Nassau and Schodack. |
| June 2007 | Hail | East Nassau | - | Nickel size hail fell in East Nassau. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Trees down. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Trees down. |
| August 2004 | Hail | East Nassau | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | East Nassau | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
14 surveysUnited 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 Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1925 USGS Troy quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Nassau quadrangle1:24000 - 4 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 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sand Lake Baptist Church | 4.0 miles | 2004 |
 | Albert R. Fox House | 4.2 miles | 2001 |
 | Craver Farmstead | 4.2 miles | 1996 |
| Albany Avenue Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1978 | |
 | Church Street Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1978 |
| Chatham Street Row | 4.9 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000752 in Record Group 79. |
| 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.