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Photograph of Andries DuBois House
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Andries DuBois House

Built in 1760 (American colonial architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“The Andries DuBois House is located on Wallkill Avenue in the hamlet of Wallkill, New York, USA. It is one of the oldest houses in the hamlet, reflecting several different eras of architecture and regional history, and has been a Registered Historic Place since 1998.”

Wikipedia article Andries DuBois House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · built in 1760, American colonial architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. DuBois, Andries, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 75 Wallkill Ave., Wallkill, 12589
  • When was it listed? August 1998
  • Category. building
  • Town. Shawangunk town
  • When was it built? 1760
  • Architectural style. American colonial architecture
  • National Register reference number. 98001011 - 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

184 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Andries DuBois House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined96
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking10
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Fireworks2

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
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Ulster 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 Andries DuBois House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Geiger Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this property

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallkill, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWallkill$50,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWallkill$17,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWallkill-A tree was reported down on a house.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWallkill-Several large trees were downed, some onto cars. An antenna on a house roof was also toppled.
July 2010HailWallkill-Hail ranging in size from dimes to quarters was reported during a thunderstorm in Wallkill.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindWallkill-no account filed
May 1995HailWallkill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, 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
Crowell, J. B., and Son Brick Mould Mill Complex1.1 miles1983
Walstein Childs House2.4 miles2003
Terwilliger House2.9 miles1983
Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley2.9 miles1982
Reformed Church of Shawangunk Complex3.3 miles1982
Johannes Decker Farm3.3 miles1974

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98001011 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ulster CountyAll 209 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.