Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
“The Pearl Street Schoolhouse, also known as District 11 Schoolhouse, is located south of the junction of Awosting and Decker roads in the Town of Shawangunk, New York, United States.”
Wikipedia article Pearl Street Schoolhouse, 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
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Pearl Street Schoolhouse between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,098 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | UPPER MTN RD |
| 7 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas Jansen House | 0.8 miles | 1983 |
 | Johannes Jansen House and Dutch Barn | 0.9 miles | 1983 |
 | William Decker House | 0.9 miles | 1983 |
 | Dill Farm | 1.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Peter Aldrich Homestead | 1.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Miller's House at Red Mills | 1.9 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001820 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ulster County | All 209 listed properties in this county. |
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