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Photograph of Old Chappaqua Historic District
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Old Chappaqua Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“The Old Chappaqua Historic District is located along Quaker Road in the town of New Castle, New York, United States, between the hamlets of Chappaqua and Millwood. It was the original center of Chappaqua, prior to the construction of the New York and Harlem Railroad and the erection of its station to the south in the mid-19th century.”

Wikipedia article Old Chappaqua Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 1974 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. Quaker Rd., Chappaqua, 10514
  • When was it listed? July 1974
  • Category. district
  • Town. New Castle town
  • National Register reference number. 74001319 - 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

479 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Old Chappaqua Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 431 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined215
Natural66
Smoking45
Recreation and ceremony41
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use25
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Chappaqua Historic District: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Vanadium, Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Armonk PlantPeatPast ProducerPeat
Ossining AreaVanadium, LeadOccurrenceVanadinite
Sing Sing Ag MineLead, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Sing Sing Silver MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this property

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chappaqua, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindChappaqua$3,000New York Route 120 was closed between Pine Cliff and Commodore Roads due to downed trees and tree limbs in the town of Chappaqua.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindChappaqua$1,000Tree down on NY 120 at Commodore Road.
September 2023Flash FloodChappaqua-Route 117 closed due to flooding between Orchard Road and North Way.
July 2014Flash FloodChappaqua-North Greeley Ave. was closed in Chappaqua due to flooding.
July 2008Flash FloodChappaqua-The Saw Mill River Parkway was impassable at exit 32. A Skywarn spotter in the town of Chappaqua recorded 1.17 inches of rainfall in 45 minutes between 7 and 8 pm.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindChappaqua-Investigation of the damage by a NWS Meteorologist determined that the damage that occurred was also the result of straight line winds. Estimated wind speeds were at least 70 mph. The most widespread damage observed was from Chappaqua to Bedford Hills to Pound ridge.|
August 2011HailChappaqua-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodChappaqua-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

15 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Greeley House0.9 miles1979
Chappaqua Railroad Depot and Depot Plaza0.9 miles1979
Solomon Resnick House1.1 miles2021
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Greeley Grove1.1 miles1979
Rehoboth1.2 miles1979
Sarles' Tavern1.8 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001319 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Westchester CountyAll 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.
  • 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.