Van Bergen House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Van Bergen House is a historic home located at New Baltimore in Greene County, New York. It was built about 1786 and is a two-story, four by five bay stubblestone residence with a slate-clad hipped roof.”
Wikipedia article Van Bergen House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 101 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jct. of NY 9W and Schiller Park Rd., New Baltimore, 12192
When was it listed? April 1991
Category. building
Town. New Baltimore town
Architectural style. Federal architecture, Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 91000444 - 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Van Bergen House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 34 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	67
Arson/incendiarism	34
Debris and open burning	33
Natural	17
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Recreation and ceremony	9
Smoking	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
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.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
7 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	not named
5 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
21 September 2010	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
20 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Van Bergen House: 7 producers, 7 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bronk Mill Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Climax West Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Climax West Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
High Hill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
High Hill Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
New Baltimore Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
New Baltimore Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cox Sackie Clay Pit	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this property

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Baltimore, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 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
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	New Baltimore	$50,000	no account filed
July 1996	Flash Flood	New Baltimore	$10,000	no account filed
March 2008	Flood	New Baltimore	$9,000	Heavy rain, along with frozen ground, led to flooding in portions of Greene county. In particular, at least 9 roads were closed between Coxsackie and New Baltimore due to flooding.
July 2023	Flood	New Baltimore	$5,000	Route 144 WB/EB between Gill Road and Washington Ave had all lanes closed due to flooding.
July 2017	Lightning	New Baltimore	$1,000	A tree and wire were downed due to lightning.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	New Baltimore	-	Route 144 was closed along the Albany and Greene County line near New Baltimore due to multiple downed trees.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	New Baltimore	-	Trees and wires were downed in New Baltimore.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	New Baltimore	-	Heavy rain resulted in 1.78 inches.
August 2015	Hail	New Baltimore	-	Nickel size hail fell in the hamlet of New Baltimore during a thunderstorm.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	New Baltimore	-	Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in New Baltimore.
June 2011	Hail	New Baltimore	-	Three inch diameter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in New Baltimore.
August 2011	Flood	New Baltimore	-	The New York State Thruway was closed due to numerous reports of flooding from Exit 24 (Milepost 145) to Exit 8 (Milepost 11).
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	New Baltimore	-	Trees and wires were reported down in New Baltimore due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009	Flash Flood	New Baltimore	-	County Route 61, also known as Main Street in New Baltimore, was closed due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall.

Every storm recorded in Greene County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

1893 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500
1894 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1929 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ravena quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:25000
1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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
Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln	1.1 miles	1986
Bronk-Silvester House	2.0 miles	2002
Village of Coxsackie Cemetery	2.2 miles	2021
Bronck Farm 13-Sided Barn	2.7 miles	1984
Pieter Bronck House	2.8 miles	1967
Reed Street Historic District	3.0 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 91000444 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Greene County	All 101 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.