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Photograph of Bethlehem House
Photograph by Norman R. Sturgis, HABS photographer, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bethlehem House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Bethlehem House, also known as the Rensselaer Nicoll House, is a historic home located on Dinmore Road in Bethlehem, Albany County, New York. It was originally built about 1735 and expanded in 1796, 1810, and 1830.”

Wikipedia article Bethlehem House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 234 National Register listings published here for Albany County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. E of Bethlehem off NY 144, Bethlehem, 12158
  • When was it listed? April 1973
  • Category. building
  • Town. Bethlehem town
  • National Register reference number. 73001158 - 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Bethlehem House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 266 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined156
Arson/incendiarism54
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Debris and open burning19
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance2.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 6,430 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 6,430 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bethlehem House between 1760 and 1975: 4,071 Fungi, 1,460 Animalia, 723 Plantae, 77 Protozoa, 55 Chromista, 42 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. Clapp and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Puccinia areolata Dietel & Holw.Puccinia areolata Dietel & Holw.1900Aven NelsonTelephone mines
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
A photograph of the species Utricularia gibba, not of this specimenUtricularia gibba L.1828J. HallGreenbush
A photograph of the species Peziza acetabulum, not of this specimenPeziza acetabulum L.1829H.H. EatonAlbany
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
A photograph of the species Bidens tripartita, not of this specimenBidens tripartita L.1830Collector unspecifiedAlbany
A photograph of the species Spiranthes lacera, not of this specimenSpiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.1834Herb. (Jas.) MacnabAlbany
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1837A. ClappN. Albany.
A photograph of the species Stylosanthes Sw., not of this specimenStylosanthes Sw.1837Clapp, A.New Albany.
A photograph of the species Peziza multipuncta, not of this specimenPeziza multipuncta Peck1847C.H. PeckAlbany
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta innumerabilis, not of this specimenPhyllosticta innumerabilis Peck1847C.L. Shear

All 6,430 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Bethlehem House: 17 producers, 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Crystal Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
South Bethlehem Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
East Nassau Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Bethlehem Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Bethlehem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Castleton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Maps showing this location

15 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.

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
District School No. 10.6 miles1998
Harmanus Bleecker Library0.9 miles1996
Schoonmaker House1.5 miles2001
Bethlehem Grange No. 1372.3 miles2002
First Reformed Dutch Church of Bethlehem2.4 miles2002
Dr. John Babcock House2.4 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73001158 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Albany CountyAll 234 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.