Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
“Schenck-Mann House is a historic home located at Syosset in Nassau County, New York. It is a five-bay-wide timber-framed residence with a wood shingle gable roof and rectangular plan.”
Wikipedia article Schenck-Mann House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2005 · 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 438 fires within 5 miles of Schenck-Mann House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 63 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 | 231 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Natural | 51 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Schenck-Mann House: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomergic Chemetals/Plainview, N.Y. | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Controlled Castings/Plainview, N.Y. | Thorium | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Syosset, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syosset | $1,000 | Downed tree near Northern Boulevard with all lanes blocked. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Syosset | - | Cold Spring Road after Woodbury Way was flooded. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Syosset | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syosset | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | Syosset | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syosset | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syosset | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syosset | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Benjamin Moore Estate | 2.8 miles | 1979 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Historic District | 3.0 miles | 1994 | |
 | Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex | 3.1 miles | 2002 |
| Elmwood | 3.1 miles | 1975 | |
| Edward H. Swan House | 3.9 miles | 1976 | |
| Adam-Derby House | 3.9 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000089 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nassau County | All 156 listed properties in this county. |
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