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Photograph of Jacobus Van Wagenen Stone House
Photograph by Larry Arvidson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Jacobus Van Wagenen Stone House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Jacobus Van Wagenen Stone House is a historic home located at Rochester in Ulster County, New York. It is a traditional stone, gable-roofed house built about 1751.”

Wikipedia article Jacobus Van Wagenen 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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Van Wagenen, Jacobus, Stone House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 2659 Lucas Turnpike, Rochester, 12440
  • When was it listed? August 1999
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rochester MPS
  • Town. Rochester town
  • Architectural style. American colonial architecture
  • National Register reference number. 99000999 - 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

180 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Jacobus Van Wagenen Stone House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,016 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined109
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1

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
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 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 Jacobus Van Wagenen 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Accord Stone and Lime CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Krom Road Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster 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
Van Wagenen Stone House and Farm Complex0.2 miles1999
Alligerville Historic District0.6 miles2015
Stilwell Stone House0.8 miles1999
Stilwill-Westbrook Stone House1.0 miles1999
Sahler Stone House1.2 miles1999
Rest Plaus Historic District1.2 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99000999 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.