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Photograph of White Creek Historic District
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Albany, Upstate New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

White Creek Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“White Creek Historic District is a national historic district located at White Creek in Washington County, New York. The buildings are predominantly residential and were built between 1770 and 1885.”

Wikipedia article White Creek Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1979 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. SR 68, Byars and Niles Rds., White Creek, 12057
  • When was it listed? April 1979
  • Category. district
  • Town. White Creek town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 79001644 - 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

1897 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering White Creek Historic District, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering White Creek Historic District, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

82 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of White Creek Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2006Debris and open burning1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of White Creek Historic District: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
White Creek Pb MineLeadOccurrence
Stamford Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stamford Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Creek, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
May 2004HailWhite Creek$200,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek$27,000no account filed
May 1998HailWhite Creek$5,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-Wires were reported down on Lincoln Hill Road in the Town of White Creek leading to a brush fire.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-An emergency manager reported several downed trees in White Creek, impacting County Route 68, Turnpike Road, and Meeting House Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-A tree was reported down.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-A tree was down on wires which was blocking Niles Road between Meeting House and Gannon Road in White Creek.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-Wires and a transformer was down on County Route 68 between State Line Road and Niles Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-A tree was reported down on wires.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-Trees were reported down.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-A tree was down across the roadway at County Route 68 and Meeting House Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in White Creek.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Creek-Two trees were reported down in White Creek due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Maps showing this location

12 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

3 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
Cambridge Historic District5.9 miles1978
Buskirk Covered Bridge7.3 miles1978
Eagleville Covered Bridge7.8 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79001644 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 52 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.