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Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lynfeld

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“Lynfeld is a farm located on South Road in the Town of Washington, New York, United States, near the village of Millbrook. Its farmhouse, a frame structure dating to the late 19th century, is in an unusual shape for a building in the Italianate architectural style.”

Wikipedia article Lynfeld, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. South Rd., Washington, 12545
  • When was it listed? March 1987
  • Category. building
  • Town. Washington town
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 87000474 - 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

1899 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Lynfeld, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Lynfeld, surveyed 1899

Fires near this property

180 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Lynfeld between 1993 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined99
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Lynfeld: 16 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Limestone, General. 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
Limestone Quarry No. Hj-005StonePast Producer
Pleasant Valley QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limestone Quarry No. Hj-0.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pleasant Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Baldwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mountain Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mountain Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

12 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
Innisfree0.9 miles2019
Bloomvale Historic District2.0 miles1991
Newcomb-Brown Estate2.3 miles1988
Thorne Memorial School2.9 miles1996
Nine Partners Meeting House and Cemetery2.9 miles1989
Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery4.1 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000474 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess CountyAll 266 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.