Crow Hill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“Crow Hill, also known as Charles Whiting Residence, is a historic home located at Kinderhook in Columbia County, New York. It was built in 1839 and is a nearly square and symmetrical, wood-frame dwelling with clapboard siding in the Greek Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Crow Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Address. Jct. of NY 9H and Co. Rt. 21, NW corner, Kinderhook, 12106
When was it listed? May 1997
Category. building
Town. Kinderhook town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 97000412 - 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Crow Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 26 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	46
Debris and open burning	33
Arson/incendiarism	26
Natural	15
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Smoking	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
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.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Crow Hill: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Stuyvesant Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
	Stuyvesant Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this property

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinderhook, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 28 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2003	Tornado (F2)	Kinderhook	1 hurt, $200,000	no account filed
April 2007	Flood	Kinderhook	$2,000,000	Heavy rain led to widespread flooding of small streams and creeks across the county, including Kinderhook Creek, and Claverack Creek, beginning Sunday evening on the 15th, and persisted through Tuesday evening on the 17th. This led to numerous road closures throughout the county, including New York State Route 66 between Bridge Street in Greenport, and the Fish and Game Road in Claverack. The most widespread flooding occurred mainly south of Route 23. In addition, numerous basements were reported retaining water near Stockport along Sotckport Creek.\|Furthermore, a bridge at the intersection of County Road 16 and 23 collapsed in Hollowville due to high water along Claverack Creek around 2015 EST on the 15th.\|The Town of Greenport wastewater treatment plant also sustained severe damage from the flooding of Claverack Creek.
July 2003	Tornado (F0)	Kinderhook	$20,000	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	$20,000	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	$11,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	$10,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	$10,000	no account filed
March 2008	Flood	Kinderhook	$5,000	Heavy rainfall led to flooding in portions of Columbia county. Several roads were reportedly closed, including Route 9 in Kinderhook and Clermont, Route 203 near Chatham, and Route 9H near Claverack.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	$4,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	$2,000	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	$1,000	no account filed
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	A tree and wires were downed on McCagg Road.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Wires were downed on Wilkins Road in the Town of Kinderhook.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Multiple trees were downed in Kinderhook.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Trees and wires were downed in multiple locations in the Town of Kinderhook.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Tree and wires were reported down across Route 9 at Hudson Street.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	A tree was downed onto a home on Rothermell Lane Extension.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Tree and wires were downed on McCagg Road.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Trees and wires were downed.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Several reports of trees and wires down in Kinderhook.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	A 58 mile per hour gust was measured at the New York State Mesonet station at Kinderhook.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	A tree and wires were downed.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Wires were downed in Kinderhook.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Kinderhook	-	Total 24 hour rainfall reports ranged from 0.90 inches to 1.62 inches across Columbia county.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Kinderhook	-	Strong storm resulted in 1.76 inches of rainfall.
February 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Trees were downed, blocking a road.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	A tree was downed on Broad Street (U.S. Route 9) in the village of Kinderhook due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Trees and wires were reported down on Chatham Street in Kinderhook due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2013	Hail	Kinderhook	-	Several spotters reported hail ranging from one to two inches in diameter fell in Kinderhook.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Numerous trees were reported down in Kinderhook due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	A tree and wires were reported down in Kinderhook due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2011	Flood	Kinderhook	-	Flooding of Route 9 in Valatie was reported.
June 2009	Hail	Kinderhook	-	Penny size hail was reported in Kinderhook during a thunderstorm. In addition, a peak wind gust of 41 mph was measured.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Wires and a pole were reported down near Kinderhook due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	Trees were reported down along Broad Street in Kinderhook as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Hail	Kinderhook	-	Hail up to quarter size hail was reported in Kinderhook during a thunderstorm.\|\|This large hail, which lasted for up to 30 minutes duration, led to significant damage to tree fruits, berries and vegetables in and near Kinderhook, with preliminary damage estimates exceeding $5 million.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Kinderhook	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Kinderhook	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Kinderhook	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

1903 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1933 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:24000
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
Kinderhook Village District	0.6 miles	1974
Luycas Van Alen House	0.6 miles	1967
Persons of Color Cemetery at Kinderhook	0.9 miles	2016
Peter Sander Van Alstyne House	1.4 miles	2021
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	1.5 miles	1966
Wild's Mill Complex	1.7 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97000412 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Columbia County	All 155 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.