Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
From the record
“Cypress Lodge is an historic two-story frame country inn located at 18681 SW Conners Highway in Port Mayaca, Florida, United States. The lodge, which served as a hotel, was owned by Bessemer Properties and operated for many years by Paul Hoenshel, his wife Amy Hoenshel and their daughter, Mary Louise Hoenshel Smith.”
Wikipedia article Cypress Lodge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Martin County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.08001040- 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
57 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cypress Lodge
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,939 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 2 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
Natural
30
Railroad operations and maintenance
5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
5
Recreation and ceremony
4
Debris and open burning
3
Equipment and vehicle use
3
Arson/incendiarism
2
Smoking
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Misuse of fire by a minor
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Cypress Lodge: 1 producer.
All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Port Mayaca, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud.
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.
Officials at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam reported seeing several large branches on US Highway 441 between Port Mayaca and J and S Fish Camp. Also, the public reported a tree fell and damaged 2 cars at J and S Fish Camp.
A trained spotter estimated winds gusting to 60-65 mph in Port Mayaca as a severe thunderstorm moved onshore from Lake Okeechobee. A delayed public report confirmed numerous trees were downed between Port Mayaca and the Martin/Palm Beach County line. Another report received via social media revealed powerlines down in the same area on the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee.
A citizen observed a funnel cloud form and dissipate over rural Martin County, to the west of Indiantown and east of Lake Okeechobee. The funnel lasted several minutes and was photographed.
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.
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.
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