Built in 1806 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
From the record
“The Lace House, also known as the Uriah Edwards House, is located on state highway NY 22 in Canaan, New York, United States. It is a frame house built in the early 19th century.”
Wikipedia article Lace House (Canaan, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1806, Federal architecture.
National Register reference number.85000336- 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
1888 to 1998
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18881998
Fires near this property
81 since 1995
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Lace House
between 1995 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
48
Debris and open burning
13
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Arson/incendiarism
4
Natural
4
Recreation and ceremony
4
Railroad operations and maintenance
2
Equipment and vehicle use
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
47 workings within 5 miles of Lace House: 29 past producers, 13 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect.
13 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Lead, Silver, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Canaan, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood.
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.
Torrential rain caused flashed flooding in Canaan during the evening hours of August 30th, resulting in an estimated $280,000 in damage due to washed out roads and trees falling onto roads. Majority of damage was West of County Route 5, as well as portions of State Route 295. Flooding was also reported in the town of New Lebanon, where County Route 9 was closed north of Route 20.
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.
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.
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