Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
“The Elias Hand House is a historic home located at Mountainville in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1830 and is a clapboard-sided wood-frame dwelling in the Greek Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Elias Hand House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 187 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 445 fires within 5 miles of Elias Hand House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,968 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 49 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 | 277 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Elias Hand House: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Gemstone, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bog Meadow Pond Deposit | Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Fall Hill Wernerite Deposit | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Forest of Dean Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| High Mills Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| High Mills Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highland Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tower Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Townsend Canterbury Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mountainville Grange Hall | under 500 feet | 1996 |
 | Mary Van Duzer-Sayer House | 0.7 miles | 1996 |
 | Wilford Wood House | 0.8 miles | 1998 |
 | Walter Hand House | 0.9 miles | 1996 |
 | Carvey-Gatfield House | 1.5 miles | 1996 |
 | Samuel Brooks House | 1.5 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98001119 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Orange County | All 187 listed properties in this county. |
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