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Dominican Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 601 National Register listings published here for New York County · listed in 2025 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Dominican Historic District, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Dominican Historic District, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

2,243 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,243 fires within 5 miles of Dominican Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 667 acres in total. 120 started naturally. 122 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/undetermined1564
Smoking150
Recreation and ceremony131
Arson/incendiarism122
Natural120
Debris and open burning61
Equipment and vehicle use52
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes4

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in New York County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dominican Historic District: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Palladium, Platinum, Titanium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, GemstoneOccurrence
155th St & 10th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, ZirconiumOccurrence
159th St & 11th Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
176/178 Sts & 11th Ave DepositTitanium, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrence
200th St & 10th Ave Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep.IronOccurrence
Heisenbuttles QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1897, 1908
John S. Lane and Son's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897
National Gypsum/ Bronx MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in New York County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100011048 in Record Group 79.
New York CountyAll 601 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.