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Photograph of Binnewater Historic District
Photograph by West Shore Railroad, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Binnewater Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“The Binnewater Historic District is a national historic district located at Rosendale in Ulster County, New York, United States. The district originally included nine contributing buildings built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.”

Wikipedia article Binnewater Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1982 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 9 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Sawdust Ave., Breezy Hill and Binnewater Rds., Rosendale, 12401
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. district
  • Town. Rosendale town
  • National Register reference number. 82001272 - 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

162 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Binnewater Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning23
Smoking22
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
3 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

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 Binnewater Historic District: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Abrasive, Limestone, General. 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
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kingston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nytralite AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosendale, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. 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
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRosendale$10,000Winds in excess of 60 mph caused numerous trees to fall onto roadways. One car parked on Route 213 in Rosendale was completely destroyed when a tree fell on it. Additional damage was found in Tillson and High Falls.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindRosendale$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindRosendale$8,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindRosendale$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines across parts of Ulster County leaving 250 customers without power on the evening of August 14th.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindRosendale$5,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindRosendale$5,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRosendale-Wires were downed onto a house on Wallkill Avenue.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindRosendale-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Rosendale.
June 2011HailRosendale-Quarter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Rosendale.
October 2010FloodRosendale-Route 32 was reported closed in both directions due to flooding just north of Creek Locks Road in Rosendale.
October 2006FloodRosendale-On October 28, minor flooding occurred on Rondout Creek at Rosendale. A flood crest of 18.56 feet occurred at 4:15 PM EST. Flood stage is 18.0 feet.|
May 2005Thunderstorm WindRosendale-Trees and power lines down at route 32 and route 213
August 2001HailRosendale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

Maps showing this location

11 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
Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District0.9 miles1992
All Saints' Chapel1.0 miles1986
Bevier Stone House2.4 miles2002
Cornelius Wynkoop Stone House3.0 miles1996
High Falls Historic District3.0 miles1998
Main Street Historic District3.1 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001272 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ulster CountyAll 209 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.