Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Emile Brunel Studio and Sculpture Garden between 1993 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 | 41 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 20 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 18 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Emile Brunel Studio and Sculpture Garden: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boiceville, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boiceville | - | A large tree was downed in Boiceville. |
| October 2010 | Flood | Boiceville | - | Major flooding occurred on the Esopus Creek at Cold Brook. Cold Brook crested at 18.86 feet at 0600 LST on October 1st. Flood stage is 11 feet. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Boiceville | - | On October 28, minor flooding occurred on Esopus Creek at Cold Brook. The creek crested at 11.78 feet at 12:15 PM EST. Flood stage is 11.0 feet. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Boiceville | - | On October 28, an airplane pilot reported that the Esopus Creek was out of its banks at Boiceville near Route 28. Flooding was occurring in the wooded areas, but the water had not reached the roadway yet. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boiceville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Held House and Studio | 1.4 miles | 2021 | |
 | Olive and Hurley Old School Baptist Church | 3.1 miles | 1998 |
| Camp Wapanachki | 3.6 miles | 1994 | |
 | Vosburg Turning Mill Complex | 5.3 miles | 2002 |
 | Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station | 5.4 miles | 2001 |
| Ashokan Field Campus Historic District | 5.5 miles | 2019 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000909 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ulster County | All 209 listed properties in this county. |
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