Built in 1898 (Richardsonian Romanesque). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
From the record
“The Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall is located on Broadway in the village of Tivoli, New York. John Watts De Peyster, a resident, paid for it and gave it to the village for its fire department in 1898.”
Wikipedia article Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1898, Richardsonian Romanesque.
National Register reference number.89002005- 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
1895 to 1997
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18951997
Fires near this property
248 since 1997
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall
between 1997 and 2020, burning about 224 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 49 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
113
Arson/incendiarism
49
Debris and open burning
24
Equipment and vehicle use
15
Natural
13
Smoking
13
Misuse of fire by a minor
11
Recreation and ceremony
4
Fireworks
3
Railroad operations and maintenance
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
20 workings within 5 miles of Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall: 12 producers, 8 past producers.
12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Bloating Material. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Tivoli, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain.
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.
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)
Severe thunderstorms moved across parts of the Mid Hudson Valley during the late afternoon hours of September 15th. Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Hurley and power lines in Saugerties and Tivoli.
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.
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.
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