Photograph of Village Diner — Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Halfway Diner

Built in 1925. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“The Village Diner, sometimes called the Halfway Diner or the Historic Village Diner, is located on North Broadway a block north of New York State Route 199, in Red Hook, New York, United States. It is a 1951 diner that has been in two other area locations during its history.”
Wikipedia article Village Diner, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1925.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 39 North Broadway, Red Hook, 12571
When was it listed? January 1988
Category. building
Town. Red Hook town
When was it built? 1925
National Register reference number. 87002297 - 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

1898 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Halfway Diner, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet covering Halfway Diner, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

206 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Halfway Diner between 1997 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 47 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	83
Arson/incendiarism	47
Debris and open burning	31
Natural	21
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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
9 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Halfway Diner: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Archer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Denter Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Red Hook Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Rock City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rock City Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Roe-Jan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Hook, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 1996	Flash Flood	Red Hook	$200,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$8,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$5,000	20,1621EST- *,,1720EST,,,0,0,3,0,Urban Flood Salt Point,20,1630EST,,,0,0,3,0,Thunderstorm Winds Clinton Corners,20,1630EST,,,0,0,3,0,Thunderstorm Winds College Park,20,1635EST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (0.75)
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$5,000	no account filed
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$2,500	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$2,000	no account filed
July 2014	Lightning	Red Hook	$1,000	A trailer was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on Mountain View Road in Red Hook.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$20	no account filed
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	A member of the public relayed a report to NWS Albany of a tree and wires down on Liden Avenue in Red Hook.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	A tree was downed on U.S. Route 9 at Amherst Road in Red Hook.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Deck swing was destroyed and deck railing was blown off and damaged.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Red Hook	-	A tree was downed on Route 9G between Lasher Road and West Kerley Corners Road south of Nevis.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Red Hook	-	Trees were downed on West Kerley Corners Road.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees were downed.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Red Hook	-	A tree was downed north of Kerley Corners Road.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees were downed.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Red Hook	-	Strong storm resulted in 1.07 inches of rainfall.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Red Hook	-	Strong storm resulted in 2.12 inches of rainfall.
February 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Downed poles and power lines led to a six-hour road closure.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees were reported down in Red Hook due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2011	Hail	Red Hook	-	Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Red Hook.
June 2011	Hail	Red Hook	-	Baseball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Red Hook.
August 2008	Hail	Red Hook	-	Hail up to penny size fell during a thunderstorm approximately 1 mile southeast of Barrytown.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Red Hook as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
April 1998	Hail	Red Hook	-	An isolated severe thunderstorm, produced nickel size hail at Red Hook in Dutchess County.

Every storm 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 coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1963 USGS Rock City quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Elmendorph Inn	under 500 feet	1978
St. Paul's (Zion's) Evangelical Lutheran Church	0.4 miles	1998
Hendrick Martin House	0.6 miles	2007
St. Margaret's Home	1.2 miles	2006
Sipperly Lown Farmhouse	2.2 miles	1987
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter	2.4 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 87002297 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess County	All 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.
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.