Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
“Rembrandt Hall is a historic home located at Keeseville in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1851 and is a brick Gothic Revival style cottage.”
Wikipedia article Rembrandt Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 114 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Rembrandt Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | RAILROAD #1 |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Rembrandt Hall: 12 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bigelow Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1905, 1914, 1950 | |
| Port Kent Beach Sand Deposit | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| C. B. White Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1885, 1892 | |
| Empire State Granite Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Indian Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1835, 1865 | |
| Jackson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1835, 1865 | |
| Southern Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | 1880, 1890 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Granite | Occurrence | 1885 | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1885, 1895 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keeseville, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keeseville | $20,000 | A few trees down, including on a trailer at the Sandy Pines Trailer Park. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Keeseville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Keeseville | - | Quarter size diameter hail. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Tomlinson House | under 500 feet | 1983 |
| Kessel Park Inn | 3.6 miles | 2023 | |
 | Elkanah Watson House | 3.9 miles | 1966 |
 | Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station | 7.2 miles | 2001 |
 | Adsit Log House | 7.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Ligonier Point Historic District | 7.8 miles | 2013 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001677 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Essex County | All 114 listed properties in this county. |
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