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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2016 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Benner-Foos-Ceparano Estate
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Benner--Foos--Ceparano Estate - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 99 Van Brunt Manor & 6 Osprey Ln., Poquott, 11733
- When was it listed? August 2016
- Category. district
- Town. Brookhaven town
- National Register reference number. 16000557 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
622 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 622 fires within 5 miles of Benner-Foos-Ceparano Estate between 2000 and 2020, burning about 227 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 40 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 | 503 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Benner-Foos-Ceparano Estate: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Aviation Industries Plant | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Port Jefferson Station B Plant | Titanium, Metal | Plant | ||
| Suffolk Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suffolk Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poquott, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poquott | $7,500 | Multiple trees were reported down on Harmony Lane. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Poquott | - | The Port Jefferson Fire Department responded to numerous water rescue emergencies in the town. Multiple occupants were rescued by the department's high water unit, with some occupants found on the roof of their vehicles or trapped inside floating vehicles. There was also a landslide on Dark Hollow Road, which left the road impassable with 4 feet of debris. Eight families were evacuated from their apartment building on that road due to unstable conditions of the land. |
Maps showing this location
16 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 Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Port Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Port Jefferson quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Port Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Brewster House | 0.9 miles | 2008 |
| Sherwood-Jayne House | 1.0 miles | 2009 | |
 | Setauket Presbyterian Church and Burial Ground | 1.1 miles | 1996 |
 | Caroline Church and Cemetery | 1.1 miles | 1991 |
 | Frank Melville Memorial Park | 1.2 miles | 2010 |
 | Bayles Shipyard | 1.5 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000557 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.