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Photograph of Graham-Brush Log House
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Graham-Brush Log House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“Graham-Brush Log House is a historic home located in the Town of Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in about 1776 and is a two-room log structure with a wood frame lean-to on its rear elevation.”

Wikipedia article Graham-Brush Log House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.

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. Graham--Brush Log House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Church St., Pine Plains, 12567
  • When was it listed? July 1999
  • Category. building
  • Town. Pine Plains town
  • National Register reference number. 99000870 - 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.

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Graham-Brush Log House, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Graham-Brush Log House, surveyed 1899

Fires near this property

67 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Graham-Brush Log House between 1993 and 2019, burning about 115 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 1993Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 June 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 June 1997Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Graham-Brush Log House: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Manganese. 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
Ancram Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, MolybdenumProducerReplacement Vein
Ancram Lead MinesSilver, Copper, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Ancram Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerSiderite
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Jack Meccariello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jack Meccariello Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Liberia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morgan MineIronPast ProducerSiderite
South Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Plains, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
December 2000Flash FloodPine Plains$35,000no account filed
June 2000HailPine Plains$15,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindPine Plains$5,000no account filed
September 1998HailPine Plains$3,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPine Plains-A local 911 call center reported trees down in Pine Plains.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPine Plains-One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Pine Plains.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPine Plains-Trees were reported down in Pine Plains due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPine Plains-Wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Pine Plains.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPine Plains-Trees blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindPine Plains-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

11 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
Pines, The0.2 miles1983
Winans-Huntting House2.3 miles2017
Melius-Bentley House3.3 miles1982
Attlebury Schoolhouse4.3 miles2016
Pulver-Bird, House4.8 miles2008
Wethersfield6.8 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99000870 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess CountyAll 266 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.