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Adams-Ryan House

Built in 1825 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“Adams-Ryan House is a historic home located at Adams Basin in the town of Ogden in Monroe County, New York. It was constructed about 1825 and is a rare surviving example of an inn that operated along the towpath of the Erie Canal.”

Wikipedia article Adams-Ryan House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1825, Federal architecture.

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 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 425 Washington St., Adams Basin, 14559
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • Town. Ogden town
  • When was it built? 1825
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85001957 - 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

255 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Adams-Ryan House between 2003 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 66 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
Smoking78
Arson/incendiarism66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Debris and open burning22
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2011Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Adams-Ryan House: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brockport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chester Peacock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-9 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pease PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pinehill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this property

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adams Basin, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009HailAdams Basin$5,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAdams Basin$2,000Multiple trees and wires were reported down on East Avenue.
October 2024HailAdams Basin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe County

Maps showing this location

10 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
Spencerport Methodist Church2.7 miles2008
Soldiers' Memorial Tower3.3 miles1994
Brockport Cemetery4.1 miles2016
Lake View Cemetery4.2 miles2009
Park Avenue and State Street Historic District4.3 miles2015
First Presbyterian Church4.4 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85001957 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Monroe CountyAll 233 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.