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Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Constable Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

“Constable Hall is a historic home located at Constableville in Lewis County, New York. It was built between 1810 and 1819 and is a two-story, rectangular Federal style limestone building with two 1-story wings.”

Wikipedia article Constable Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lewis 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

  • Address. Off NY 26, Constableville, 13325
  • When was it listed? March 1973
  • Category. building
  • Town. West Turin town
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 73001197 - 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

30 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Constable Hall between 2001 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural4
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Constable Hall: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron. 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
Gingerich PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Port LeydenZirconium, Titanium, IronProspect1952
Port Leyden MineTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrence
Callanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kerager PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lyonsdale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Leyden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Turin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this property

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Constableville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Thunderstorm WindConstableville$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Flash FloodConstableville$10,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindConstableville$10,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindConstableville$8,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Tornado (EF0)Constableville$8,000A video of a small rope tornado was posted to social media.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindConstableville$8,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindConstableville$5,000no account filed
July 2004HailConstableville$5,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindConstableville$2,000Trees and wires were reported down on James Street.
August 2023Flash FloodConstableville-Parts of Highmarket Road were washed out.
May 2022HailConstableville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73001197 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lewis CountyAll 50 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.