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Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley

Built in 1835 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“The New Hurley Reformed Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley, is located on New York State Route 208 roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the hamlet of Wallkill, New York, United States, midway between it and Gardiner to the north, in the town of Plattekill. It is a wooden structure built in the Greek Revival style during the 1830s.”

Wikipedia article New Hurley Reformed Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1835, Greek Revival architecture.

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 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. N of Wallkill on NY 208, Wallkill, 12589
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • When was it built? 1835
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82001273 - 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

176 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley between 1995 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined109
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

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
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallkill, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWallkill$50,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWallkill$17,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWallkill-A tree was reported down on a house.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWallkill-Several large trees were downed, some onto cars. An antenna on a house roof was also toppled.
July 2010HailWallkill-Hail ranging in size from dimes to quarters was reported during a thunderstorm in Wallkill.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindWallkill-no account filed
May 1995HailWallkill-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
Walstein Childs House1.4 miles2003
Gardiner School2.8 miles2000
Crowell, J. B., and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex2.9 miles1983
Andries DuBois House2.9 miles1998
Cole-Hasbrouck Farm Historic District3.0 miles1994
Terwilliger House3.3 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001273 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.