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Photograph of Priscilla
Photograph by Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Priscilla (Long Island Sound Oyster Sloop)

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Priscilla is a classic oyster dredging sloop and museum ship at the Long Island Maritime Museum. Built in 1888, it is the oldest surviving boat from the Great South Bay oyster fleet, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006.”

Wikipedia article Priscilla (sloop), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2006 · category: Structure · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. Waterfront, Long Island Maritime Museum, 84 West Ave., West Sayville, 11796
  • When was it listed? February 2006
  • Category. structure
  • Town. Islip town
  • National Register reference number. 06000238 - 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

725 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 725 fires within 5 miles of Priscilla (Long Island Sound Oyster Sloop) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 581 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 76 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/undetermined577
Arson/incendiarism76
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWertheim National Wildlife RefugeNYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 6
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWertheim National Wildlife RefugeNYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 5
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Sayville, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Sayville$7,500A large tree was reported down in West Sayville, bringing down power lines. This pulled lines from a house, causing minor damage.
July 2025Flash FloodWest Sayville-Car stuck in flood waters on Bartley Lane and Andrea Lane.
July 2025Flash FloodWest Sayville-Reports of several feet of water at the intersection of Locust Ave and Bourne Blvd.
June 2019HailWest Sayville-Hail of 0.75 inches reported.

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

14 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
Rudolph Oyster Houseunder 500 feet2001
MODESTY (south-sider Sloop)under 500 feet2001
Edwards House, The1.2 miles2010
Sayville Congregational Church1.3 miles2005
St. Johns Episcopal Church and Cemetery1.4 miles1994
Saint Ann's Episcopal Church1.4 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000238 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Suffolk CountyAll 338 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.
  • 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.