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One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
John II Jackson House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Jackson, John II, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 1419 Wantagh Ave., Wantagh, 11793
- When was it listed? January 2022
- Category. building
- Town. Hempstead town
- National Register reference number. 100007370 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1897 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
1,484 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,484 fires within 5 miles of John II Jackson House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 623 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 156 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 | 1041 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 156 |
| Smoking | 110 |
| Natural | 69 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Storms near this property
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wantagh, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Wantagh | $30,000 | The Wantagh State Pkwy. was closed in both directions at Sunrise Hwy. in Wantagh and between Bay Pkwy. and the traffic circle at Jones Beach due to flooding. The Dept. of Public Works pumped out the basements of several homes in Bellmore as a result of the heavy rain. Skywarn Spottersn reported storm total rainfall amounts of 10.54 inches in Wantagh and 9.16 inches in Bellmore. Property damage amounts are estimated. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Wantagh | $25,000 | Four trees reported down on houses on Spring Lane. |
| November 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Wantagh | $13,000 | Large tree reported down on house in Levittown. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Wantagh | $10,000 | A large tree fell onto a house in Levittown. |
| July 2018 | Lightning | Wantagh | $6,000 | A building struck by lightning on Wantagh Avenue. A small fire put out by Fire Department. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wantagh | $3,000 | Large branches reported down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wantagh | $2,000 | Office of Emergency Management reports power lines down in Wantagh along Oakland Avenue with time estimated by radar. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wantagh | $2,000 | Numerous trees were reported down around the town. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wantagh | $2,000 | Numerous trees were reported down around the town. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Wantagh | $1,000 | Tree down on Bernice Drive between Ernest Court and Concord Drive. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wantagh | $1,000 | A tree down across Wantagh Parkway. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wantagh | $1,000 | A tree down at Wantagh Avenue and Bunker Avenue. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | North Wantagh | - | Video showing feet of water on the intersection of Chimney Lane and Loring Road. Time estimated. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Wantagh | - | Park Avenue was closed at Oakland Avenue in Wantagh due to flooding. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Wantagh | - | All lanes were closed in both directions at Exit 5 on the Wantagh State Parkway in Wantagh due to flooding. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Wantagh | - | Bellmore Avenue was closed between Marion Street and Claxton Avenue in Bellmore due to flooding. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Wantagh | - | Two and a half feet of water was on Park Avenue between Oakland Avenue and Beech Street in Wantagh with reports of flooded basements and stranded cars. Storm total rainfall ranged from 3.50 inches in Plainview to 6.05 inches in Wantagh. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | North Wantagh | - | In Levittown, a car was stranded in flood waters approximately 2 feet deep on Hyacinth Road. The driver and passenger were pulled out of the passenger side window by neighbors. Additional vehicles were also stuck in standing water, which covered the tires at the intersection of Kingfisher Rd. and Blackbird Lane. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Wantagh | - | Five inches of standing water accumulated on Old Mill Road at the railroad underpass in Wantagh. NWS mesonets reported storm total rainfall amounts of 3.03 inches in Bellmore, 1.77 inches in Massapequa Park, 1.75 inches in North Bellmore, and 1.57 inches in Merrick. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Wantagh | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wantagh | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
15 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.
- 1897 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Samuel and Elbert Jackson House | 0.2 miles | 2006 |
 | Wantagh Railroad Complex | 0.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse | 1.0 miles | 1996 |
 | Building at 390 Ocean Avenue | 2.2 miles | 2017 |
 | Grace Church Complex | 3.0 miles | 1983 |
 | Jones Beach State Park, Causeway and Parkway System | 4.2 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007370 in Record Group 79. |
| Nassau County | All 156 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.