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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Stanley H. Lowndes House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Lowndes, Stanley H., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 155 Bayview Ave., Northport, 11768
- When was it listed? May 2019
- Category. building
- Town. Huntington town
- National Register reference number. 100003935 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
313 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Stanley H. Lowndes House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 55 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 | 194 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stanley H. Lowndes House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East Mine, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Hills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Hills Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northport, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2019 | Lightning | Northport | 1 hurt | Person was struck by lightning on Ocean Avenue in the village of Northport. The person had minor injuries. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northport | $50,000 | At least 50 trees were reported downed in the area. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Northport | $4,000 | Multiple trees and wires down across East Northport NY. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Northport | $4,000 | A large tree down on Ketay Drive North. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Northport | $4,000 | Multiple trees down on Soma Lane. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Northport | $3,000 | Large tree down and uprooted on Bayley Place at Hayrick Lane in Commack NY. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northport | $1,000 | Trees were downed at Woodvine Avenue and Fox Lane. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northport | - | Mesonet site in Asharoken measured a 53 knot wind gust. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Northport | - | Video shows road flooding with stranded vehicle on Main Street in Northport NY. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Northport | - | Cars were stuck in water on Locust Road in the Crab Meadow section of Northport. |
| October 2010 | Flash Flood | East Northport | - | Townline Rd. between Clay Pitts Rd. and Pulaski Rd in Commack, Old Northport Rd. between Indian Head Rd. and Old Commack Rd. in Kings Park and portions of Route 25A in Fort Salonga were closed due to flooding. Rainfall totals ranged up to 3.21 inches in Centerport. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Northport | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Sunken Meadow State Park. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Northport | - | Thunderstorms caused flash flooding of roads in Northport and Centerport. Radar rainfall estimates were 3 to 5 inches in only two hours time. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Northport | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Northport | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
14 surveysUnited 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.
- 1901 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Van Iderstine Mansion | 0.4 miles | 1985 | |
 | US Post Office-Northport | 0.5 miles | 1989 |
| St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.5 miles | 2021 | |
 | William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest | 0.6 miles | 2021 |
| Northport Public Library | 0.6 miles | 1996 | |
| LITTLE JENNIE (Chesapeake Bay bugeye) | 1.3 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100003935 in Record Group 79. |
| 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.
- 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.