Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Hernando County · listed in 2003 · 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 1 year 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 123 fires within 5 miles of Chinsegut Hill Manor House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,439 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2019 | Natural | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | VULCAN (27) |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | CAMPMINE RD(27) |
| 7 July 2015 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRITTLE (27) |
| 25 July 2007 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 27/SPRING PRAIRIE FIRE/0909 |
| 21 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Chinsegut Hill Manor House: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville Lime Kiln | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Stephens Transportation Co. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Brooksville Gay Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Diamond Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lansing Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Aggegate Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Aggregate Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooksville, the town this property stands in, in 76 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 34 thunderstorm wind, 11 lightning, 10 hail, 8 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2000 | Lightning | Brooksville | 1 hurt | A 28 year old man was injured while using a power tool when lightning struck the electrical system of his home on the 15000 block of Woodcrest Road southwest of Brooksville. The man was thrown six to eight feet into the air by the force of the lightning charge. |
| August 1998 | Lightning | Brooksville | 1 hurt | The Hernando County Sheriffs Department reported that an adult male was struck and injured by lightning. |
| December 1997 | Flood | Brooksville | $1,500,000 | The Withlacoochee River at Croom crested at 10.9 feet, nearly two feet above the flood stage of nine feet on the 31st. Several homes along Hernando-Pasco county line, from Croom south to Ridge Manor, were damaged by floodwaters. The most heavily damaged areas were near County Road 575 and U.S. Highway 301 at the Talisman Estates along the eastern Pasco-Hernando county line. Fifty-four homes were damaged by floodwaters of which ten were destroyed and another 27 incurred major damage. |
| April 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Brooksville | $500,000 | A tornado sporatically touched down along a 16 mile path and damaged up to 50 homes from near U.S. HIghway 41, four miles southwest of Brooksville, east to the Ridge Manor area. Several trees and power lines were also downed from the tornado before it lifted and dissipated. Most damage to homes in the path of the tornado consisted of minor to moderate roof damage, destroyed porch and pool enclosures and downed trees. |
| September 1998 | Lightning | Brooksville | $284,000 | Lightning struck and burned a 5,500 square foot home off Croom Road northeast of Brooksville. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Brooksville | $250,000 | Lightning struck and caused $250,000 dollars in damage to the Hernando county governments telephone and computer system in Brooksville. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $150,000 | National Weather Service damage survey concluded that thunderstorm winds downed sixteen utility poles, two commercial signs and a few trees along State Road 50, one half mile west of County Road 587 (Mariner Blvd). Twelve of the downed power poles on the north side of State Road 50 were also toppled northward by the straight-line thunderstorm winds west of State Road 50 and Weeping Willow Road. Four of the power poles downed on the south side of State Road 50 were also toppled in a northward direction.Also, an electrical fire, caused by downed power lines from the straight-line winds, severely damaged a parked vehicle. |
| February 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Brooksville | $125,000 | A tornado touched down and destroyed a large metal building near the Hernando County Airport. The tornado also caused significant structural damage to a building at a plant nursery and snapped several pine trees along Powell Road before it lifted and dissipated. |
| January 1998 | Flood | Brooksville | $100,000 | The Withlacoochee River at Croom crested at 10.9 feet, nearly two feet above the flood stage of nine feet on the 5th. Several homes along the Hernando-Pasco county line from Croom south to Ridge Manor were damaged by floodwaters. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Brooksville | $80,000 | Lightning struck and burned to the ground a pole barn worth $50,000 dollars on Sam C. Road in Brooksville. Lightning also struck a tree on Sims Road in Brooksville which ignited and destroyed a nearby garage worth $30,000 dollars. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Brooksville | $50,000 | A mobile home park near Highway 41 and Croom Road in Brooksville experienced a water rise of six feet in a few hours. This resulted in flooded homes and vehicles. One indirect fatality was attributed to the heavy rain as a car hydroplaned and crashed near Highway 19 and Northcliffe in Spring Hill. Masaryktown received 5.05 inches of rain during the day, 3 miles northeast of Spring Hill received 4.30 inches, and Brooksville received 4.09 inches. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $50,000 | Trees were downed onto a road and a large utility shed worth $30,000 was destroyed by thunderstorm winds just north of Brooksville. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced dime-size hail and wind gusts that damaged a house roof, and blew down power lines and large tree limbs in Brooksville. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $25,000 | The public reported, through WFTS-TV (ABC) of Tampa, that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees, one atop a house, in Brooksville. |
| September 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Brooksville | $25,000 | A tornado, associated with an outer band of Hurricane Earl, touched down and caused minor to moderate roof and shingle damage to three single family homes, two additional homes under construction, and snapped several large branches near the intersection of County Roads 572 and 581 south of Brooksville. The tornado continued to down a few large trees and power lines across semi-wooded rural eastern Hernando county before it lifted and dissipated. |
| September 1997 | Flood | Brooksville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Brooksville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $20,000 | Thunderstorms moved through Brooksville and caused minor damage to several mobile homes along Grant Street and Country Club Drive. The roof of one older mobile home was peeled back. |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Brooksville | $20,000 | Lightning started a business on fire. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $20,000 | Hernando county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees, branches and power lines along Citrus Way and Lake Lindsey Road, three miles west of Brooksville. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $20,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 64 mph were measured by Automated Surface Observing Equipment (ASOS) at the Hernando County Airport. Hernando Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a chickan farm, downed several large trees, branches and power lines from the Hernando County Airport northeast to near the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Powell Road. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Brooksville | $20,000 | Lightning struck and ignited a fire in bedroom of a home on the 11300 block of Furley Avenue in Royal Highlands of northwest Hernando county. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $20,000 | Thunderstorm wind downed several large trees along the U.S. Highway 41 corridor between U.S. Highway 98 and County Road 476. A home and a truck were damaged by wind toppled trees in Brooksville. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds rolled a mobile home fifteen feet into a metal barn which caused severe damage to both the mobile home and barn. Several large oak trees were also uprooted at the damage site. |
| March 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Brooksville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were down along the north side of Brooksville. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $15,000 | National Weather Service damage survey concluded that straight-line thunderstorm winds caused minor roof damage, downed a few trees and several large branches over a four square mile area of rural southern Hernando county. Most of the thunderstorm wind damage occurred near the intersections of Baseball Pond and Old Trilby Roads, Powell and Olympic Roads and the Spring Lake area of rural southern Hernando county. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Brooksville | $10,000 | Citizen reported numerous downed trees on their property and neighbor's property along Marguerite Rd. near Brooksville. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $10,000 | Hernando County Emergency Management reported numerous trees and power lines down to the south and southeast of Brooksville. The damage was reported to have occurred between 4:45 and 5AM. |
| October 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds created minor damage to two homes, two barns, and downed trees and power lines. |
| February 1998 | Flood | Brooksville | $10,000 | The Withlacoochee at Croom crested at 9.7 feet, less than a foot above the flood stage of nine feet, on the 28th. Crops were also damaged by the floodwaters. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Brooksville | $10,000 | Lightning struck and killed seventeen cows that were clumped in a circle under a tree on a pasture near Powell Road and Spring Hill Drive. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $5,000 | The Hernando Sheriffs Department reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and power lines near the intersection of County Road 493 (Sunshine Grove Road) and State Road 50. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $5,000 | Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds near U.S. Highway 98 and Olympia Road. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $5,000 | Strong downburst winds caused light to moderate damage to two mobile homes and one vehicle. Several trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 1996 | Flood | Brooksville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Brooksville | $2,000 | Lightning entered a home through the cable TV or phone line and destroyed the entertainment center and phone. An energy surge also tripped every circuit breaker and damaged the water heater. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $2,000 | The Hernando County Sheriffs Department reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and branches near the intersection of Croom and Weatherly Roads. |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Brooksville | $2,000 | A waterspout moved onshore and downed several large trees along Amberjack Drive in Hernando Beach before it lifted and dissipated. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Brooksville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $1,000 | Social media pictures depict a few pockets of damage across parts of Brooksville consisting of mainly medium to large downed tree limbs. |
| January 2011 | Lightning | Brooksville | $1,000 | Lightning struck a tree and blew pieces of the tree in all directions. No other trees or structures in the vicinity were affected. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $1,000 | A spotter reported the roof blown off of his carport, an iron fence blown over, and several trees and powerlines down in the road. |
| October 1997 | Flood | Brooksville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Brooksville | - | Hernando County Emergency Management reported that heavy rain caused several road closures due to street flooding around Brooksville. Additionally, Sparkman Lake overflowed its banks and flooded Campers Holiday RV Park. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | - | There were numerous reports of tree damage and power lines down in and around the Brooksville area. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Brooksville | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near the intersection of East Summit Road and East Jefferson Street. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | - | Law Enforcement reported trees down on powerlines causing the powerlines to be downed. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Brooksville | - | A Southwest Florida Water Management District gauge recorded 5.03 inches of rain. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | - | Trained spotters measured 60 MPH winds with their home weather stations. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Brooksville | - | Trained spotters reported a path of penny sized hail from west of Brooksville to Spring Hill. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brooksville | - | Dime to penny size hail was reported by law enforcement. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | - | Several trees and numerous branches were downed by thunderstorm winds. Several power lines were downed at the intersection of Powell and Culbreath and a large tree blocked the intersection of Endsly Road and Moore Road. |
| September 2004 | Heavy Rain | Brooksville | - | A National Weather Service observer in Brooksville recorded 10.82". |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | May-Stringer House | 4.5 miles | 1997 |
 | Frank Saxon House | 4.6 miles | 1998 |
| Judge Willis Russell House | 4.8 miles | 1999 | |
 | South Brooksville Avenue Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1998 |
 | William Sherman Jennings House | 5.0 miles | 1998 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001171 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hernando County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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