Stuyvesant Falls Mill District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Stuyvesant Falls Mill District is a national historic district located in the town of Stuyvesant in Columbia County, New York, United States. The district includes six contributing buildings, five contributing sites, and two contributing structures.”
Wikipedia article Stuyvesant Falls Mill District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 1976 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. New St. and SR 22, Stuyvesant Falls, 12174
When was it listed? September 1976
Category. district
Town. Stuyvesant town
National Register reference number. 76001210 - 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Stuyvesant Falls Mill District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 14 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	53
Debris and open burning	27
Natural	17
Arson/incendiarism	14
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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
8 September 2014	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stuyvesant Falls Mill District: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cox Sackie Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Cox Sackie Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Stuyvesant Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Stuyvesant Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this property

11 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stuyvesant Falls, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 10 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Multiple trees and wires were downed along Rybka Road.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Trees and wires were downed along Route 9.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Multiple trees were downed on Rabbit Lane.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Tree limbs were downed on Route 9H near Stuyvesant Falls.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	A tree was downed with power lines on a house on County Route 25.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Trees and wires were downed.
May 2013	Hail	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Amateur radio reported quarter size hail fell from a thunderstorm in Stuyvesant Falls.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Numerous branches were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Stuyvesant Falls.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Trees were reported down in Stuyvesant Falls as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Trees down
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Stuyvesant Falls	-	Trees down.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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.

1903 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1933 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Stottville quadrangle1:24000 - 3 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 Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 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
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (Boundary Increase)	1.6 miles	2012
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	1.8 miles	1966
Smith Octagon House	2.1 miles	2025
Peter Sander Van Alstyne House	2.2 miles	2021
William A. Witbeck House	2.6 miles	1994
Luycas Van Alen House	2.6 miles	1967

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 76001210 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Columbia County	All 155 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.