Gerrit Smith Estate

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“The Gerrit Smith Estate is a historic residential estate at Oxbow Road and Peterboro Road in Peterboro, New York. It was home to Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), a 19th-century social reformer, abolitionist, and presidential candidate, and his wife, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh.”
Wikipedia article Gerrit Smith Estate, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1997 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.

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

The listing

Listed as. Smith, Gerrit, Estate - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Jct. of Main and Nelson Sts., Peterboro, 13134
When was it listed? November 1997
Category. district
Town. Smithfield town
Architectural style. Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 97001386 - 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

56 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Gerrit Smith Estate between 2000 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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	18
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	9
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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
3 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
10 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 July 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 July 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 June 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 June 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
16 June 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
28 May 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gerrit Smith Estate: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Munnsville Gravel Bed	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Oxbow Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oxbow Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peterboro, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 deaths. 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 2014	Tornado (EF2)	Peterboro	4 killed, $600,000	A tornado touched down in Smithfield just 2 miles to the northeast of Peterboro. This EF2 tornado with a path length of 2.5 miles and a path width of 235 yard resulted in 4 fatalities in Smithfield. Three homes were destroyed and 5 additional homes sustained significant damage.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Peterboro	$340,000	Widespread flash flooding of most creeks and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Eaton. Culverts and roads were washed out in several places. Some residences experienced flooding.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Peterboro	$8,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked over across Buyea Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Peterboro	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Peterboro	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Peterboro	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and wires.
August 2017	Hail	Peterboro	$1,000	A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced half dollar sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Madison County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

1902 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1943 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1944 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich 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
Peterboro Land Office	under 500 feet	1984
Smithfield Presbyterian Church	0.2 miles	1994
Fenner Baptist Church	5.1 miles	2002
First National Bank of Morrisville	5.2 miles	1985
Morrisville Public Library	5.3 miles	2005
Morrisville Engine House	5.3 miles	2020

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97001386 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison County	All 83 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.