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Poppenhusen Institute
Built in 1868 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
From the record
“Poppenhusen Institute is a historic building at 114-04 14th Road in College Point, Queens, New York, that housed the first free kindergarten in the United States. In addition, this institute provided the first free evening classes for adults in the US.”
Wikipedia article Poppenhusen Institute, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 108 National Register listings published here for Queens County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1868, Victorian architecture.
National Register reference number.77000973- 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.
Then and now
1891 to 1995
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18911995
Fires near this property
2,279 since 2002
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2,279 fires within 5 miles of Poppenhusen Institute
between 2002 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 144 started naturally. 104 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
1620
Smoking
147
Natural
144
Arson/incendiarism
104
Recreation and ceremony
71
Equipment and vehicle use
64
Debris and open burning
63
Misuse of fire by a minor
54
Power generation/transmission/distribution
7
Railroad operations and maintenance
4
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Poppenhusen Institute: 1 past producer.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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.
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