From the record
One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of High House & Studio between 1995 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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 | 47 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex | MORT95-11 |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Town Doctors' House and Site | 1.9 miles | 2005 |
![]() | Southold Historic District | 2.1 miles | 1997 |
![]() | Henry W. Prince Building | 2.5 miles | 2005 |
![]() | Joseph Nelson Hallock House | 2.6 miles | 2005 |
![]() | Joshua Wells House | 2.6 miles | 2002 |
![]() | Samuel Landon House | 2.7 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012249 in Record Group 79. |
| Suffolk County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |