Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
“Taylor Boathouse is a historic boathouse located at Lyme in Jefferson County, New York, constructed about 1905.”
Wikipedia article Taylor Boathouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 144 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Taylor Boathouse between 2000 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chaumont, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaumont | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaumont | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Chaumont | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chaumont | $1,000 | Trees were reported to be down on Three Mile Point Road. |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taft House | 0.1 miles | 1990 | |
| Menzo Wheeler House | 0.2 miles | 1990 | |
| Row, The | 0.2 miles | 1990 | |
| Three Mile Bay Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1990 | |
| Stone Shop, Old | 0.3 miles | 1990 | |
| District School No. 3 | 2.0 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001330 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jefferson County | All 144 listed properties in this county. |
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