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John and Henry Crouse Farm Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“John and Henry Crouse Farm Complex is a historic home and farm complex located at Guilderland in Albany County, New York. The original house was built about 1790 and became the rear wing when the large, two-story front addition was constructed about 1860.”

Wikipedia article John and Henry Crouse Farm Complex, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 234 National Register listings published here for Albany County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Crouse, John and Henry, Farm Complex - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 3970 Altamont-Voorheesville Rd., Guilderland, 12009
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Guilderland MRA
  • Town. Guilderland town
  • National Register reference number. 82001061 - 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

133 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of John and Henry Crouse Farm Complex between 2000 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined76
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 2,251 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,251 specimens collected within 10 miles of John and Henry Crouse Farm Complex between 1860 and 1975: 1,332 Animalia, 530 Fungi, 364 Plantae, 11 Protozoa, 8 Chromista, 3 Bacteria, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller, A. Sherf and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
Specimen of Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.1900unknownAltamont
A photograph of the species Culaea inconstans, not of this specimenCulaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)1860W. SwartzKrumkill, 1 mi. NE of Voorheesville
A photograph of the species Abietinella abietina, not of this specimenAbietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mt.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Barbilophozia barbata, not of this specimenBarbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske1863C. F. AustinIn Mountain localities
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Brachythecium rutabulum, not of this specimenBrachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1863C. H. PeckHelderberg Mountains
A photograph of the species Crossocalyx hellerianus, not of this specimenCrossocalyx hellerianus (Nees ex Lindenb.) Meyl.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
Eurhynchium pumilum (Wilson) Schimp.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Fissidens dubius, not of this specimenFissidens dubius P.Beauv.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mountains

All 2,251 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of John and Henry Crouse Farm Complex: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Sulfur. 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
Knox QuarryFlagstoneProducer
New Salem DepositSulfurOccurrence
Guilderland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leto Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wagner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this property

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guilderland, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGuilderland1 hurt, $975,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$20,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$10,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$5,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$5,000no account filed
June 2014LightningGuilderland$1,000The local fire department reported that a house was struck by lightning on Denny Road in Guilderland.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-Wires were reported down on Kings Road between Morris Road and Curry Road as well as on Siver Road between East Old State Road and East Lydius Street in Guilderland.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-A tree was downed across East Old State Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-Wires were downed.
July 2009HailGuilderland-Quarter size hail was reported approximately 4 miles west northwest of Colonie during a thunderstorm.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-Numerous tree limbs, some large, were reported down in and near Guilderland due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Flash FloodGuilderland-Flash flooding occurred at a couple of locations. Western Avenue was closedat Fuller Road due to flooding. And Lishakill Road was flooded where it intersects with Consaul Road. A spotter in the vicinity of Lishakill Road, reported2.85 inches of rainfall in 70 minutes about 8 PM EST.

Every storm recorded in Albany County

Maps showing this location

9 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

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
Frederick Crouse House0.4 miles1982
Gardner House0.8 miles1982
Aumic House1.2 miles1982
Adam Hilton House1.6 miles1982
Coppola House1.7 miles1982
Fine Arts and Flower Building Altamont Fairground1.7 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001061 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Albany CountyAll 234 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.