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Macomber Stone House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Macomber Stone House is a historic home located in Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1836 and is a two-story, five-bay, center hall vernacular Federal style dwelling with a gable roof and narrow cornice.”

Wikipedia article Macomber Stone House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 87 National Register listings published here for Schenectady 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

  • Address. Barton Hill Rd., Duanesburg, 12053
  • When was it listed? October 1984
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Duanesburg MRA
  • Town. Duanesburg town
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 84003266 - 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Macomber Stone House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Macomber Stone House: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Strontium, Barium-Barite. 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
Schoharie No. 3 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schoharie No. 3 Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Schoharie Strontianite DepositStrontium, Barium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Schenectady County

Storms near this property

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duanesburg, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
June 1998LightningDuanesburg3 hurtno account filed
July 2001LightningDuanesburg1 hurt, $2,000Lightning from a thunderstorm struck a male farmer in Duanesburg. He was thrown to the ground, but never lost conciousness and only suffered minor injuries. A tree was struck nearby, caught fire and was destroyed.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg$25,000no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg$17,000no account filed
October 1995Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg$7,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg$500no account filed
May 2014HailDuanesburg-Large apple size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Duanesburg.
July 2009HailDuanesburg-Nickel size hail was reported in Duanesburg during a thunderstorm.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg-Trees and power lines were reported down in Duanesburg due to strong thunderstorm winds.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Duanesburg.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg-Trees blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDuanesburg-Tree down in Princetown.
June 2002HailDuanesburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schenectady County

Maps showing this location

9 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
Quaker Street Historic District1.6 miles1984
Delanson Historic District2.0 miles1984
Gilbert Farmhouse2.1 miles1984
Sheldon Farmhouse2.1 miles1984
Jenkins House2.2 miles1984
Chadwick Farmhouse2.5 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84003266 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Schenectady CountyAll 87 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.