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Photograph of Loerzel Beer Hall
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Loerzel Beer Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 213 Partition St., Saugerties, 12477
  • When was it listed? September 1984
  • Category. building
  • Town. Saugerties town
  • National Register reference number. 84003234 - 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

1895 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Loerzel Beer Hall, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Loerzel Beer Hall, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

255 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Loerzel Beer Hall between 1997 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined128
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning23
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Fireworks4
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Loerzel Beer Hall: 19 producers, 14 past producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Flagstone. 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
Mt. MarionBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Cementon Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Saugerties Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
West Camp Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Duffy's PitClayProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayProducer
Glasco Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saugerties, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 lightning, 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 2003LightningSaugerties$100,000no account filed
September 1999Flash FloodSaugerties$100,000no account filed
September 1993Tornado (F1)Saugerties$50,000Severe thunderstorms developed behind a cold front as cold air funneled across eastern New York on the afternoon of September 10th. Thunderstorm winds downed trees in St. Johnsville and Halfmoon and large tree limbs in Waterford. In Hebron lightning struck a black locust tree, shattering the tree which broke windows in a nearby house. In Saugerties a small F1 tornado touched down tearing half the roof off a house and uprooting some trees.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$50,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$30,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$12,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$10,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$8,000no account filed
March 2024FloodSaugerties$5,000Some basement flooding was reported in the town of Saugerties.
August 2018Flash FloodSaugerties$5,000High water resulted in a vehicle becoming stranded with the motorist trapped inside. The road was closed. No injuries were reported.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$5,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$5,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindSaugerties$4,000no account filed
August 2020Flash FloodSaugerties-Market Street was closed due to flooding.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSaugerties-Trees were downed on Lighthouse and Clermont Streets.
August 2020Flash FloodSaugerties-Bennett Avenue was closed due to flooding.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSaugerties-A large portion of a tree was downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSaugerties-A tree was downed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSaugerties-Trees and power lines were downed in Malden along Main Street, York Street and Fiero Street due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSaugerties-Trees were downed and on wires on Washington Avenue in the village of Saugerties between Russell Street and Division Street due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Flash FloodSaugerties-Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding in Saugerties. U.S. Route 9W and State Route 32 South (Partition Street) were closed, as they were impassable due to high water.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSaugerties-Law enforcement personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down in Saugerties.
July 2005Flash FloodSaugerties-Road closures due to flooding.
May 2004HailSaugerties-Hail observed on Rt 212 between Saugerties and Woodstock.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSaugerties-Trees and wires down.
July 2004LightningSaugerties-At least one tree struck by lightning. Lightning also struck at least one power line, causing wires to burn.
May 2018HailSaugerties-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 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84003234 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.