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Photograph of Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn
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Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn is a historic octagonal barn located near Catharine in Schuyler County, New York. It was built in 1893 and is significant as an early example in New York State of the octagon prototype popularized by Elliot Stewart in the 1870s.”

Wikipedia article Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Schuyler County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. E of Catherine, Catherine, 14869
  • When was it listed? September 1984
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Central Plan Dairy Barns of New York TR
  • Town. Catharine town
  • National Register reference number. 84002970 - 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.

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet covering Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

94 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn between 1997 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning17
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
D.Hager No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Federal Land Bank No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Barber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Barber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pertl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pertl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town Source PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wickham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schuyler 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
Lee School3.9 miles1998
Lawrence Memorial Chapel and Cemetery4.0 miles2025
Brick Tavern Stand4.7 miles1994
Montour Falls Union Grammar School4.7 miles2012
Montour Falls Historic District4.7 miles1978
Watkins Glen High School6.9 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002970 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Schuyler CountyAll 20 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.