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Photograph of William Miller Chapel and Ascension Rock
Photograph by Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

William Miller Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“The William Miller Farm is a historic farm property on County Road 11 in Hampton, New York. It is a historic district that encompasses the home of William Miller, who was a Baptist preacher credited with beginning the mid-nineteenth century North American religious movement that was known as the Millerites.”

Wikipedia article William Miller Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1994 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Miller, William, Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase) - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Co. Rt. 11 W of US 4, Hampton, 12887
  • When was it listed? April 1994
  • Category. district
  • Town. Hampton town
  • National Register reference number. 94000256 - 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

40 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of William Miller Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of William Miller Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase): 26 producers, 13 past producers. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arana Marble Co. MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1897
Eureka QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alliance and Bungaloo QuarriesStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Blissville Slate QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Boston Quarry, Taran Bros.Stone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Eagle QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Eureka QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Evergreen QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Fair Haven QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Fedro QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1925

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHampton$22,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHampton$18,000no account filed
April 2019FloodHampton$1,000Several roads in the town of Hampton were closed due to flooding, including County Routes 18, 20, 21 and State Route 22A. Homes on County Route 21 were evacuated.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHampton-Trees and wires were downed in Hampton near Route 22A.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHampton-A tree and wires were downed along South Road in Hampton.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHampton-Trees and wires were downed in Hampton.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHampton-A tree was downed at the intersection of Route 4 and Old Fair Haven Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHampton-A tree was downed on Route 4 and Route 21. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHampton-Several trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds in Hampton.
July 2014HailHampton-Ping pong ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hampton.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHampton-Trees and wires were reported down in Hampton due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHampton-Numerous trees and wires were reported down along Route 22 in Hampton due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHampton-Trees down.
August 2005HailHampton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Maps showing this location

13 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
William Miller Chapel and Ascension Rockunder 500 feet1975
Home Farm3.8 miles2008
Judge Joseph Potter House5.1 miles1974
Main Street Historic District5.2 miles1975
Whitehall Armory5.3 miles1995
Whitehall Fire Station5.3 miles2018

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000256 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 52 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.