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Remington Stables

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Remington Stables is a historic stable building located at Ilion in Herkimer County, New York. It is a large 2-story brick structure built about 1870 as part of the Remington Mansion complex.”

Wikipedia article Remington Stables, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer County · listed in 1976 · 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. 1 Remington Ave., Ilion, 13357
  • When was it listed? October 1976
  • Category. building
  • Town. German Flatts town
  • National Register reference number. 76001222 - 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

81 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Remington Stables between 2002 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Remington Stables: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bono PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferdula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ilion, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 flood, 3 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
July 1999Flash FloodIlion$250,000no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodIlion$150,000no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodIlion$33,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodIlion$10,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindIlion$9,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindIlion$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindIlion$5,000no account filed
May 2025FloodIlion$1,000Photos were received of water flowing over East Main Street at Orchard Street in the Village of Ilion.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindIlion-A local trained weather spotter reported multiple trees down on wires in Ilion on Maple Place due to an outflow boundary from previous thunderstorms.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindIlion-Local fire department reported multiple trees down blocking NYS Route 5 going westbound.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindIlion-A building partially collapsed on Spruce Street in the Village of Ilion.
April 2022FloodIlion-Several roads were closed in the Town of Mohawk due to flooding.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindIlion-A tree was downed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindIlion-Trees were downed blocking West River Street.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindIlion-Wires were reported down on North Street in Ilion due to thunderstorm winds. Trees were also reported down in Ilion as well.
July 2013Flash FloodIlion-New York State Route 5S in Mohawk was closed as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindIlion-A trained spotter reported a tree down and on a house as result of thunderstorm winds in Ilion.
June 2013Flash FloodIlion-Numerous roads were closed in Mohawk due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Water rescues and evacuations took place across the entire town. The hardest hit areas were along the Fulmer Creek.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindIlion-Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Ilion.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindIlion-A tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds on East North Street in Ilion.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindIlion-Trees were reported down in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2007HailIlion-Quarter size hail was reported in Ilion.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindIlion-Large tree limbs and wires were reported down in Ilion due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindIlion-Law enforcement personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down over a widespread area in the vicinity of Ilion.
June 2006FloodIlion-Law enforcement personnel reported that around 200 people were evacuated from Ilion, Dolgeville, Mohawk, and Frankfort due to flooding.
June 2006FloodIlion-An emergency manager reported that Fulmer Creek flooded a trailer park in German Flatts, about 5 miles southeast of Ilion. Twelve homes were evacuated.
May 2004HailIlion-1-inch hail observed in South Ilion.
May 2004Flash FloodIlion-Flooding occurred along Acme Road.
May 2004HailNorth Ilion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Herkimer County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76001222 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Herkimer CountyAll 74 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.