Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
“Stilwell-Westbrook Stone House is a historic home located at Rochester in Ulster County, New York. It is a five-bay stone dwelling built about 1750.”
Wikipedia article Stilwill-Westbrook Stone House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 209 National Register listings published here for Ulster County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Stilwill-Westbrook Stone House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,299 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 30 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 | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stilwill-Westbrook Stone House: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accord Stone and Lime Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krom Road Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Stilwell Stone House | 0.5 miles | 1999 |
| Van Wagenen Stone House and Farm Complex | 0.7 miles | 1999 | |
| Davis Stone House | 0.9 miles | 1999 | |
 | Sahler Stone House | 0.9 miles | 1999 |
 | Jacobus Van Wagenen Stone House | 1.0 miles | 1999 |
| Krom Stone House and Dutch Barn | 1.0 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000997 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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