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Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Glenfields

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Glenfields, the former Archibald Gracie King House, is located on Old Manitou Road, a short distance from NY 9D, south of Garrison in the town of Philipstown, New York, United States. It is a simple late 19th-century frame house with some unusual windows.”

Wikipedia article Glenfields (Philipstown, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 49 National Register listings published here for Putnam 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Old Manitou Rd., Philipstown, 10524
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Hudson Highlands MRA
  • Town. Philipstown town
  • National Register reference number. 82001245 - 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

367 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Glenfields between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,690 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined212
Arson/incendiarism47
Natural26
Smoking23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Glenfields: 16 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Canopus MineIron, TitaniumPast Producer1912
Canopus Nelson Magnetite MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1912
Constitution Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Cotton Rock Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
Kinnaird Graphite Property DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Phillips MineMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceReplacement
Phillips MineSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, UraniumPast Producer1865, 1880
Phillips Mine-Camp Smith AreaCobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1866
Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite MineIron, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, SulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Maps showing this location

16 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
Manitoga0.3 miles1996
Castle Rock1.4 miles1977
Garrison Grist Mill Historic District1.7 miles1993
Birches, The1.8 miles1982
Wilson House1.8 miles1982
Mandeville House1.8 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001245 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.