Joseph Purdy Homestead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Joseph Purdy Homestead is a historic home located in Purdy's, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1776 and consists of an L-shaped, main block attached to which are several one-story wings.”
Wikipedia article Joseph Purdy Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester 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

Listed as. Purdy, Joseph, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Jct. of NY 22 and 116, Purdys, 10560
When was it listed? January 1973
Category. building
Town. North Salem town
National Register reference number. 73001290 - 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

347 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Joseph Purdy Homestead between 2000 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 31 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	173
Natural	39
Debris and open burning	33
Arson/incendiarism	31
Smoking	27
Power generation/transmission/distribution	19
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Recreation and ceremony	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5

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 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2009	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Joseph Purdy Homestead: 16 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Sulfur, Stone. 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
Croton Magnetite Iron Mines	Iron, Copper	Past Producer	1880
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013	Stone	Past Producer
Brewster Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Croton - Theall Magnetite Mine	Iron, Copper, Sulfur	Past Producer	1880, 1883
Croton-Mc Collum Magnetite Mine	Iron, Copper, Sulfur	Past Producer	1843, 1880
Croton-Theall Magnetite Mine	Iron, Copper, Sulfur	Past Producer
Somers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Somers Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Brady Farm Shaft	Iron	Prospect
Brewster Mines	Iron	Past Producer	1810

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

13 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.

1892 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
1893 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
1894 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1928 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1944 USGS Croton Falls quadrangle1:31680
1944 USGS Croton Falls quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1960 USGS Croton Falls quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000 - 3 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
Gerard Crane House	1.3 miles	1985
Somers Hamlet Historic District	1.5 miles	2004
Elephant Hotel	1.6 miles	2005
Somers Town House	1.9 miles	1974
Bridge L-158	2.6 miles	1978
North Salem Town Hall	3.0 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73001290 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Westchester County	All 250 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.