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Photograph of J. B. Crowell and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Crowell, J. B., and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Crowell and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex is located on Lippencott Road near the hamlet of Wallkill, New York, United States, part of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County. It was established in 1870 by James Burns Crowell, after he changed his mind about a teaching career.”

Wikipedia article J. B. Crowell and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. Lippencott Rd., Wallkill, 12589
  • When was it listed? June 1983
  • Category. building
  • Town. Shawangunk town
  • National Register reference number. 83001814 - 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

184 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Crowell, J. B., and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex between 1995 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined100
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural10
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 Crowell, J. B., and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex: 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

12 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
Andries DuBois House1.1 miles1998
Terwilliger House1.9 miles1983
Walstein Childs House1.9 miles2003
Reformed Church of Shawangunk Complex2.2 miles1982
Johannes Decker Farm2.3 miles1974
Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley2.9 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001814 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.