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Photograph of Saint Basil Academy
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Eagle's Rest

Built in 1944. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Saint Basil Academy is a residential institution for children and families in need run by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Garrison, New York, United States. Prior to 1997, it operated its own in-house school.”

Wikipedia article Saint Basil Academy (Garrison, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 49 National Register listings published here for Putnam County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1944.

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

The listing

  • Address. NY 9-D, Philipstown, 10524
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Hudson Highlands MRA
  • Town. Philipstown town
  • When was it built? 1944
  • National Register reference number. 82001239 - 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

365 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 365 fires within 5 miles of Eagle's Rest between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,155 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined190
Natural44
Arson/incendiarism44
Smoking27
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Eagle's Rest: 27 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium. 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
Bog Meadow Pond DepositZirconiumOccurrence
Constitution Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Cotton Rock Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
Croft Magnetite MineIron, SulfurPast ProducerMagnetite, Pyrite
Denny MineTitanium, IronProspect
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Phillips MineSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, UraniumPast Producer1865, 1880
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium MineIron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, SilverPast Producer1839, 1865
Croft MineIron, SulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Maps showing this location

17 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
Woodlawn0.4 miles1982
Normandy Grange0.4 miles1982
DeRham Farm0.6 miles1980
Boscobel0.9 miles1977
Walter Thompson House and Carriage House1.0 miles1982
St. Philip's Church in the Highlands1.1 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001239 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Putnam CountyAll 49 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.