BlockFrom the record
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 1966 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
The listing
- Address. Sagamore Hill Rd., Oyster Bay, 11771
- When was it listed? October 1966
- Category. building
- Town. Oyster Bay town
- National Register reference number. 66000096 - 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
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 47 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 | 110 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Hills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Hills Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oyster Bay, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oyster Bay | $5,000 | Trees were reported down throughout town. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oyster Bay | $1,000 | Tree down on Mill River Road with cones put in place around tree. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Oyster Bay | - | Flash flooding of streets. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Oyster Bay | - | The Nassau County Office of Emergency Management reported flooding near Oyster Bay High School. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oyster Bay | - | Powerful airmass thunderstorms developed during the evening hours. Numerous trees and power lines were downed over Orange County. As the storms moved into northern Nassau County, violent winds downed more trees and power lines. At a festival in Oyster Bay a large tent, with about 70 people inside, was blown over. |
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oyster Bay | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oyster Bay | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
13 surveysUnited 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.
- 1901 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lloyd Harbor quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Lloyd Harbor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Alfred Roosevelt Estate | 0.6 miles | 1979 | |
| Edward H. Swan House | 0.7 miles | 1976 | |
| Elmwood | 1.3 miles | 1975 | |
 | Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club | 1.4 miles | 1974 |
 | Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Station | 1.6 miles | 2005 |
| Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable | 1.7 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 66000096 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.
- 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.