Benjamin C. Tousey House

Built in 1915 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Tousey House, also known as "The Willows," is a historic home located at Clinton in Dutchess County, New York. The property includes six contributing buildings and one contributing structures.”
Wikipedia article Benjamin C. Tousey House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1915, American Craftsman.

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

The listing

Listed as. Tousey, Benjamin C., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Jct. of Salt Point Tpk. and Schultzville Rd., Clinton, 12514
When was it listed? August 1994
Category. building
Town. Clinton town
When was it built? 1915
Architectural style. American Craftsman
National Register reference number. 94001002 - 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 Benjamin C. Tousey House, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet covering Benjamin C. Tousey House, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

126 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Benjamin C. Tousey House between 1999 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 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	53
Debris and open burning	26
Arson/incendiarism	24
Natural	9
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	1
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
8 September 2003	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
28 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Benjamin C. Tousey House: 11 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bangall Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Bangall Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Clinton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mountain Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Mountain Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Route 82 Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Route 82 Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

12 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.

1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1963 USGS Salt Point quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000

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
Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery	0.3 miles	1989
Clinton Corners Friends Church	0.3 miles	1989
Walter Beckwith House	2.0 miles	2016
Windswept Farm	2.3 miles	1989
Bloomvale Historic District	2.4 miles	1991
Warren Masonic Lodge #32	3.6 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94001002 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess County	All 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.