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Richmond Hill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Richmond Hill is a historic home and farm complex located at Livingston in Columbia County, New York.”

Wikipedia article Richmond Hill (Livingston, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. CR 31, Livingston, 12534
  • When was it listed? July 1988
  • Category. building
  • Town. Livingston town
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 88000917 - 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning20
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2006Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Richmond Hill: 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate OpeningsIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Livington's Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Livington's Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this property

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Livingston, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 20 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1995Thunderstorm WindLivingston$300,000Severe thunderstorms moved across central and eastern New York during the late morning and early afternoon of the 4th ahead of a powerful cold front. At Norrie State Park in Staatsburg 75 to 100 trees were blown down. Central Hudson Electric and Gas Company reported over 16,000 customers without power during the height of the storms. Other areas hit hard by the storms were Livingston and Germantown in Columbia County where numerous trees were toppled some of which fell on homes.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$175,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$24,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$20,000no account filed
June 2000HailLivingston$10,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were reported down in a few locations in the Town of Livingston.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree was reported down on wires in the town of Livingston.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were reported down on County Route 10.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree and wires were downed on County Route 10.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were blown down on Orchard Road.
June 2014HailLivingston-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Livingston.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLivingston-One tree was reported down and across a road in Livingston due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree was reported down in Livingston as a result of thunderstorm winds.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindLivingston-The tops of small trees were sheared off a result of thunderstorm winds in Livingston.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Numerous trees were reported down in Livingston due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLivingston-A tree was reported down and blocking Route 9 in Livingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Multiple trees and wires were reported down in Columbia due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Wires and tree limbs were reported down in Livingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees and wires were reported down on Route 9 in Livingston due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Trees blown down in the vicinity of Mills Road and Bingham Hill Road.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Large tree limbs down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLivingston-Large tree limbs down.
May 2004LightningLivingston-Numerous power outages due to lightning strikes.
May 2018HailLivingston-no account filed
June 2000HailLivingston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Burroughs-Foland Farm0.8 miles2014
Forth House1.7 miles2010
Dick House1.9 miles2009
Teviotdale2.1 miles1979
Simeon Rockefeller House2.3 miles2009
Hickory Hill2.4 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88000917 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Columbia CountyAll 155 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.