Built in 1883 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
One of 101 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1883, Renaissance Revival architecture.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Lexington House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lexington, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Lightning | Lexington | $60,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Lexington as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Lexington due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Lexington | - | Flooding occurred on the Schoharie Creek at Prattsville. The Prattsville river gage located on left bank 100 feet upstream from bridge on Route 23 in Prattsville, 0.2 miles upstream from Schoharie Reservoir, 0.2 miles downstream from Huntersfield Creek, and 1.6 miles downstream from Batavia Kill exceeded its 12 foot flood stage at 6:25 am EST September 7th, it crested at 13.71 feet at 10 am (moderate flood stage is 14 feet), and dropped below flood stage at 2:16 pm September 7th. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Lexington | - | Catastrophic flooding occurred in Prattsville along the Schoharie Creek. Officials estimated that over 50 percent of the buildings were severely damaged or destroyed. The Prattsville river gage located on the left bank 100 feet upstream from the bridge on State Highway 23 in Prattsville, 0.2 miles upstream from the Schoharie Reservoir, exceeded its 12 foot flood stage at 6:02 am EST on August 28th, its 14 foot moderate flood stage at 6:36 am, its 16 foot major flood stage at 7:17 am and dropped below flood stage at 7:31 pm August 29th. The crest time and reading are unknown, since the gage was lost in the flood. At a level of 18 feet, 2 to 3 feet of water inundates properties in the Village of Prattsville along the creek.||Route 23A from Route 296 to Route 23 was reopened on November 1st. The Route 23 bridge over the Schoharie Creek in Prattsville was reopened on November 4th.||Initially started out as flash flooding then transitioned to river flooding. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Lexington | - | Catastrophic flooding occurred in Prattsville along the Schoharie Creek. Officials estimated that over 50 percent of the buildings were severely damaged or destroyed. The Prattsville river gage located on the left bank 100 feet upstream from the bridge on State Highway 23 in Prattsville, 0.2 miles upstream from the Schoharie Reservoir, exceeded its 12 foot flood stage at 6:02 am EST on August 28th, its 14 foot moderate flood stage at 6:36 am, its 16 foot major flood stage at 7:17 am and dropped below flood stage at 7:31 pm August 29th. The crest time and reading are unknown, since the gage was lost in the flood. At a level of 18 feet, 2 to 3 feet of water inundates properties in the Village of Prattsville along the creek.||Route 23A from Route 296 to Route 23 was reopened on November 1st. The Route 23 bridge over the Schoharie Creek in Prattsville was reopened on November 4th.||Initially started out as flash flooding then transitioned to river flooding. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Lexington | - | Route 42 was closed due to flooding between Route 23A in the Town of Lexington and Route 28 in Shandaken. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Lexington due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | A tree was blown down in Lexington during a thunderstorm. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Lexington | - | State Route 42 near Spruceton Road flooded and closed. |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Francis DeSales Church | 0.3 miles | 1999 |
 | Jewett Presbyterian Church Complex | 3.8 miles | 2001 |
 | Elijah Strong House | 4.6 miles | 2003 |
 | Morss Homestead/Federal City Homestead | 5.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Trinity Episcopal Church | 5.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Pratt Rock Park | 5.5 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002175 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Greene County | All 101 listed properties in this county. |
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