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Photograph of Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln
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Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln is a national historic district located at West Coxsackie in Greene County, New York. The district contains eight contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures.”

Wikipedia article Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 101 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1986 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Houghtaling, Peter, Farm and Lime Kiln - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Lime Kiln Rd., West Coxsackie, 12087
  • When was it listed? March 1986
  • Category. district
  • Town. New Baltimore town
  • National Register reference number. 86000491 - 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

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined86
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism37
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln: 7 producers, 7 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, 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
Bronk Mill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Climax West Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Climax West Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
High Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
High Hill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this property

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Coxsackie, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 flood, 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
December 2023FloodWest Coxsackie$5,000Route 385 between Lawrence Avenue and Whitbeck Street in Coxsackie was closed due to flooding.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie$3,000Trees were downed in the Town of Coxsackie. This occurred along an outflow boundary ahead of thunderstorms.
September 2023LightningWest Coxsackie$1,000There was a report of a structure on fire at a house on Derek Van Brummel Circle due to a lightning strike.
May 2025HailWest Coxsackie-A local broadcast media outlet passed along an image of hail measuring at approximately one inch in Coxsackie.
September 2021Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 385 at Lawrence Ave has all lanes closed due to flooding.
November 2021FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 385 was closed at a railroad underpass between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue due to flooding.
August 2021FloodWest Coxsackie-County Route 385 was closed between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue under a railroad viaduct due to flooding. This is a typical flood prone spot.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Route 385 was closed between Kings Road and Bailey Street due to a downed tree and wires.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-A tree was downed.
August 2018Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Street flooding was reported.
October 2017Heavy RainWest Coxsackie-Public reported 1.88 inches of rain.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Trees and trees limbs were reported down in West Coxsackie due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Large limbs were reported down in Coxsackie as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailWest Coxsackie-Three inch diameter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Coxsackie.
May 2011Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Mansion Street was reported closed due to flooding between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue in West Coxsackie.
December 2010Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 61, River Road, in New Baltimore was reported closed due to flash flooding.
January 2010Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 385 was reported closed due to high water between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue in Coxsackie.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Wires were reported down in Coxsackie due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Training thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across eastern portions of Greene County Wednesday afternoon and evening, resulting in flash flooding. State Route 385, or Mansion Street, in Coxsackie was closed due to flash flooding from this heavy rainfall. Several other streets within the village of Coxsackie were also impassable Wednesday evening due to flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Trees and wires were reported down in Coxsackie as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Trees were reported down in Coxsackie due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Greene County

Maps showing this location

11 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
Van Bergen House1.1 miles1991
Stanton Hill Cemetery2.8 miles2016
Bronk-Silvester House3.1 miles2002
Village of Coxsackie Cemetery3.3 miles2021
Bronck Farm 13-Sided Barn3.3 miles1984
Pieter Bronck House3.3 miles1967

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000491 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Greene CountyAll 101 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.