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Photograph of Hyde Park Firehouse
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hyde Park Firehouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“The Hyde Park Firehouse is located along U.S. It was built in 1902 as the headquarters for the Eagle Engine and Rescue fire company, which later became part of the Hyde Park Fire Department and moved to newer quarters a block further up Route 9.”

Wikipedia article Hyde Park Firehouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1993 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Post Rd. S of jct. with Market St., Hyde Park, 12538
  • When was it listed? September 1993
  • Category. building
  • Town. Hyde Park town
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 93000859 - 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 Hyde Park Firehouse, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Hyde Park Firehouse, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

352 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 352 fires within 5 miles of Hyde Park Firehouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined189
Arson/incendiarism77
Smoking22
Debris and open burning16
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hyde Park Firehouse: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Stone, Clay, 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
Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialClay, StonePast ProducerChert
Hyde Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morris BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated MaterialStone, ClayPast ProducerChert
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, ClayPast Producer
Borrow PitsStone, ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hyde Park, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 2007FloodHyde Park$5,700,000Heavy rain led to widespread flooding of small streams and creeks across the county, which began during the early morning hours of Monday, April 16th, and persisted into Wednesday morning on the 18th.|Record flooding occurred on the Wappingers Creek at Wappingers Falls, which crested at 15.06 feet at 19:45 EST on the 16th, which was 7.06 feet above the flood stage of 8.0 feet.|Moderate flooding also was recorded along the Tenmile River at Webatuck, which crested at 11.23 feet at 16:45 EST on the 16th. |Widespread flooding led to numerous road closures, which included large stretches of the Taconic State Parkway in both directions throughout the county.|In addition, numerous home foundation collapses were reported near Stormville during Monday morning on the 16th.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$500,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$100,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodHyde Park$75,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodHyde Park$25,000no account filed
April 2022FloodHyde Park$20,000A few road closures were reported in Pawling, Lagrangeville, Fairview and Poughkeepsie due to flooding. Some of the roads in Pawling suffered minor washouts.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$20,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$15,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$13,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$10,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$2,000During the late evening hours of May 19, a cold front initiated several severe thunderstorms across the Mid-Hudson Valley of eastern New York. Trees were downed by the wind in Ulster and Dutchess Counties. Scattered power outages also occurred when trees knocked down several power lines. Approximately 1,000 customers lost power for several hours.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$2,000no account filed
May 2000HailHyde Park$1,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-A tree was downed with branches blocking Albany Post Road at Market Street in the Town of Hyde Park.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Tree limbs were downed.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees and wires were downed in the Hyde Park area.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Power lines were reported down in Hyde Park due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-A tree was downed on Route 9 (Albany Post Road) due to thunderstorm winds in Hyde Park. The roadway was briefly closed and traffic was detoured around the area until the tree was removed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-A tree and wires were downed at the intersection of Route 9 and Vanderbilt Lane in Hyde Park due to thunderstorm winds. Traffic had to be re-routed around the area until utility crews were able to repair the power lines.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Hyde Park.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees were reported down and on wires due to thunderstorm winds in Hyde Park.
August 2011HailHyde Park-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hyde Park.
June 2008HailHyde Park-Golf ball size hail was reported in Hyde Park during a thunderstorm. In addition, trees were also reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds.||The hail stripped the leaves off many trees in Hyde Park, with the greatest concentration of hail occurring between State Route 9, East Market Street, State Route 9G, and South Cross Street.||The large hail damaged tree fruits, berries and vegetables near Hyde Park, and across several other areas within Dutchess County. Total preliminary crop damage estimates from the hail in Dutchess County were approximately $588 thousand.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees were reported down in Hyde Park due to strong thunderstorm winds. Golf ball size hail was also reported in Hyde Park during this thunderstorm.||A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team determined that straight line winds from a thunderstorm downed some trees and large limbs in the vicinity of Hyde Park. Peak estimated winds were 60 mph.
June 2006HailHyde Park-A trained spotter reported nickle-sized hail at the Vanderbilt National Historic Site in Hyde Park.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees down
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees down
May 2000HailHyde Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

13 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.

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
Langdon Estate Gatehouseunder 500 feet1993
Hyde Park Elementary Schoolunder 500 feet1993
US Post Office-Hyde Parkunder 500 feet1989
Reformed Dutch Church, Parsonage and Lecture Hallunder 500 feet1993
Main Street-Albertson Street-Park Place Historic District0.1 miles1993
Bard Infant School and St. James Chapel0.2 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000859 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.
  • 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.