A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1960 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
From the record
“Manitoga was the estate and modernist home of industrial designer Russel Wright (1904-1976) and his wife Mary Small Einstein Wright. It is located along New York State Route 9D south of Garrison, New York, a short distance north of the Bear Mountain Bridge.”
Wikipedia article Manitoga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 49 National Register listings published here for Putnam County · listed in 1996 · category: District · built in 1960, modern architecture, by Mary Small Einstein Wright, Russel Wright · a National Historic Landmark.
Architect. Mary Small Einstein Wright, Russel Wright
National Register reference number.96001269- 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
380 since 1998
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Manitoga
between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,695 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 47 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
225
Arson/incendiarism
47
Natural
27
Smoking
23
Equipment and vehicle use
21
Debris and open burning
17
Power generation/transmission/distribution
14
Recreation and ceremony
3
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
Railroad operations and maintenance
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
23 workings within 5 miles of Manitoga: 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Garrison, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning.
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.
A squall line moving across the area generated a small but powerful group of thunderstorms. Numerous trees and power lines were downed during the event. These storms also produced torrential rains and frequent cloud to ground lightning. One strike started a fire at a high school.
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.
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.
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.
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