Benjamin King Woodhull House

Built in 1750 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Benjamin King Woodhull House is a historic home located at Wading River in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1750, and is two story, side hall type dwelling of wood-frame construction with secondary extensions to the south and east.”
Wikipedia article Benjamin King Woodhull House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1750, Greek Revival architecture.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Woodhull, Benjamin King, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 126 Sound Rd., Wading River, 11792
When was it listed? June 2008
Category. building
Town. Riverhead town
When was it built? 1750
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 08000515 - 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

192 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Benjamin King Woodhull House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 43 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	116
Arson/incendiarism	43
Smoking	11
Natural	10
Recreation and ceremony	4
Debris and open burning	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	6.6 acres	New York Forest Rangers	NEVILLE FIRE
4 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	SAMUEL'S FIRE
23 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wading River, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Wading River	$7,500	Multiple trees and power lines were reported down throughout the Hamlet of Wading River.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wading River	$1,000	Tree down across road in Wading River NY.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Wading River	-	A current of water to the top of tires was flowing over the road at the intersection of Route 25A and Wading River Manor Road in Wading River. Some vehicles were unable to pass through the intersection.
August 2012	Flash Flood	Wading River	-	In Ridge, Wading River Manor Rd. at Long Pond Rd. was closed due to flooding.
March 2010	Flood	Wading River	-	Many basements and roads were flooded in Aquebogue, Southold, Riverhead and Wading River.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Wading River	-	Trees and wires were reported down across roadways in Wading River.
March 2003	Hail	Wading River	-	An off-duty National Weather Service employee reported penny size hail in Wading River at 830 pm. At 835 pm, nickle size hail was observed at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Upton.
April 1995	Hail	Wading River	-	Pea-size hail accompanied a thunderstorm complex as it moved across Suffolk county late at night. The one exception to this small hail occurred in Wading River where one-half to three-quarters inch hail was observed for a brief time.
October 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Wading River	-	A cold front passing through the area downed several trees and power lines.
July 2019	Hail	Wading River	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Wading River	-	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Wading River	-	no account filed
June 1998	Lightning	Wading River	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

1904 USGS Moriches quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Wading River quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Wading River quadrangle1:24000
1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Long Island East quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Tuthill-Lapham House	0.4 miles	2009
Wading River Radio Station	0.7 miles	2018
Josiah Woodhull House	1.0 miles	2011
Nikola Tesla's Laboratory	2.6 miles	2018
Noah Hallock House	4.5 miles	2013
Smith Estate	7.0 miles	1981

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 08000515 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Suffolk County	All 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.