Hoosick Falls Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“The Hoosick Falls Historic District is located in the downtown section of the village of that name in New York, United States. It is an eight-acre (3.2-ha) area concentrated along Church, Classic and John streets south of the Hoosick River.”
Wikipedia article Hoosick Falls Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 128 National Register listings published here for Rensselaer County · listed in 1980 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Central Ave. and Main St., Hoosick Falls, 12090
When was it listed? December 1980
Category. district
Town. Hoosick town
National Register reference number. 80004280 - 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 Hoosick Falls Historic District, surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet covering Hoosick Falls Historic District, surveyed 1897

Fires near this property

123 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Hoosick Falls Historic District between 1995 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 25 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	62
Arson/incendiarism	25
Debris and open burning	14
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Natural	7
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
4 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2020	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
26 September 2020	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
17 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hoosick Falls Historic District: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Bissonnette Gravel Bank	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Burden Iron Mine	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1865, 1885
Hoosick Falls Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Hoosick Falls Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Burden Iron Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Hoosick Falls Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Hoosick Falls Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this property

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoosick Falls, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	1 hurt	A tree fell on a moving vehicle due to thunderstorm winds. One person suffered a head injury as a result of the fallen tree.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Hoosick Falls	$300,000	Severe flooding occurred in the village of Hoosick Falls as heavy rain resulted in a partial collapse of the Woods Brook flood protection system. A nearby rain gauge reported 1.63 inches of rain in an hour, and an additional 1.23 inches in the next two hours. The brook spilled out of its banks and coursed through the village, causing water and debris to rush into yards and residences. Numerous houses reported basement flooding, with a few reporting flooding on the first floor, leading to evacuations. Three sinkholes developed, one the size of two tractor trailers. Several roads remained closed well into the following day, and flood waters washed out a portion of the train tracks that pass through the village. A local state of emergency was declared.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	$50,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	$15,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	$1,500	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Hoosick Falls.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees and wires were reported down.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees and wires were reported down.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees and wires were reported down.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees and wires were downed along Tate Road in Hoosick Falls.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees and wires were downed along Parsons Avenue in Hoosick Falls.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	A tree was downed on wires in the Village of Hoosick Falls.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees and wires downed.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees were downed.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	A tree was downed across Bovee Hill Road and Lester Lane in Hoosick Falls due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Hail	Hoosick Falls	-	Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hoosick Falls.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	A wind gust was measured to 65 MPH during a thunderstorm in Hoosick Falls. The wind gusts also was reported to have downed some tree limbs as well.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees were reported down on Fairbanks Road and Congress Street in Hoosick Falls as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	A tree was reported down on a car on Abbott Street in Hoosick Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	A tree was reported down on a house on Kokley Avenue in Hoosick Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2011	Flood	Hoosick Falls	-	Moderate flooding occurred on the Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge. The Eagle Bridge river gage located on the right bank 0.5 miles upstream from Case Brook, 1.2 miles downstream from Walloomsac River, and 1.2 miles southeast of Eagle Bridge exceeded its 11 foot flood stage at 11:41 pm EST September 7th, its 13 foot moderate flood stage at 2:48 pm, it crested at 14.05 feet at 6 pm, and dropped below flood stage at 5:05 pm September 8th.
June 2011	Hail	Hoosick Falls	-	Quarter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Hoosick Falls.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoosick Falls	-	Trees were reported down in Hoosick Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Rensselaer 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.

1897 USGS Hoosick quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
1943 USGS Hoosick Falls quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1946 USGS Hoosick Falls quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1995 USGS Hoosick Falls quadrangle1:24000

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
US Post Office-Hoosick Falls	under 500 feet	1988
St. Mark's Episcopal Church	0.1 miles	2000
Hoosick Falls Armory	0.2 miles	1995
Estabrook Octagon House	0.3 miles	1980
Delaney Hotel	1.8 miles	1996
Gooding Farm	2.4 miles	2022

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80004280 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rensselaer County	All 128 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.