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Montgomery Place

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Sixteen Mile District was a national historic district located near Clermont and Rhinebeck in Columbia County, New York. The district includes 233 contributing buildings that are associated with estates located along the east side of the Hudson River.”

Wikipedia article Sixteen Mile District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 1979 · 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 233 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. W of Clermont along Hudson River, Clermont, 12507
  • When was it listed? March 1979
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rhinebeck Town MRA (AD); Rhinebeck Town MRA
  • National Register reference number. 79001571 - 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

324 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery Place between 1999 and 2020, burning about 302 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined133
Smoking56
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning26
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Montgomery Place: 13 producers, 10 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Kingston Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Pit and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Marion Sandstone QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mount Marion Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Ulster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Colite PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Colite PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this property

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clermont, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 6 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
June 2001Thunderstorm WindClermont$100,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindClermont$5,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindClermont-Trees were downed in multiple locations in the Town of Clermont.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindClermont-Trees were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindClermont-Trees and wires blown down.
May 2018HailClermont-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindClermont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Clermont4.8 miles1971
Coons House5.5 miles1983
Clarkson Chapel5.6 miles1983
Clermont Estates Historic District6.1 miles1979
Stone Jug6.2 miles1978
Charles H. Coons Farm6.6 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79001571 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Columbia CountyAll 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.