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Windswept Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Windswept Farm is a historic home located at Clinton in Dutchess County, New York. The main block of the house was built about 1823 and is a Federal-style dwelling.”

Wikipedia article Windswept Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. Sunset Trail, Clinton, 12514
  • When was it listed? September 1989
  • Category. building
  • Town. Clinton town
  • National Register reference number. 89001390 - 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 Windswept Farm, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Windswept Farm, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

112 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Windswept Farm between 2000 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning19
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Windswept Farm: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clinton 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
Morris BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mountain Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mountain Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 82 Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scount Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scount Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shunpike Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Warren Masonic Lodge #321.8 miles2007
Benjamin C. Tousey House2.3 miles1994
Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery2.6 miles1989
Clinton Corners Friends Church2.6 miles1989
Walter Beckwith House4.0 miles2016
Marquardt Farm4.0 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89001390 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.