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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Edwards House, The
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 39 Edwards St, Sayville, 11782
- When was it listed? December 2010
- Category. building
- Town. Islip town
- Architectural style. American colonial architecture
- National Register reference number. 10000988 - 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
911 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 911 fires within 5 miles of Edwards House, The between 2000 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 89 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 | 729 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 89 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge | NYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 6 |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge | NYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 5 |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Storms near this property
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sayville, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Sayville | $7,500 | A large tree was reported down in West Sayville, bringing down power lines. This pulled lines from a house, causing minor damage. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayville | $3,000 | Large oak tree snapped at the intersection of Depot Street and Railroad Avenue. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayville | $2,000 | Power lines down across Main Street in Sayville, NY with time estimated by radar. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayville | $1,000 | Power lines were reported down on Lincoln Avenue in Sayville. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | West Sayville | - | Car stuck in flood waters on Bartley Lane and Andrea Lane. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | West Sayville | - | Reports of several feet of water at the intersection of Locust Ave and Bourne Blvd. |
| June 2019 | Hail | West Sayville | - | Hail of 0.75 inches reported. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayville | - | 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.
- 1902 USGS Fire Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fire Island quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Sayville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sayville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Sayville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sayville Congregational Church | 0.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Saint Ann's Episcopal Church | 0.3 miles | 2010 |
 | Joseph Wood House | 0.3 miles | 2003 |
 | John Ellis Roosevelt Estate | 0.6 miles | 1987 |
 | Rudolph Oyster House | 1.2 miles | 2001 |
 | Priscilla (Long Island Sound Oyster Sloop) | 1.2 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000988 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.
- 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.