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Saint James District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Saint James District is a national historic district located at St. James in Smithtown Town, Suffolk County, New York.”

Wikipedia article Saint James District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1973 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. On NY 25A, Saint James, 11780
  • When was it listed? July 1973
  • Category. district
  • Town. Smithtown town
  • National Register reference number. 73001275 - 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

697 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 697 fires within 5 miles of Saint James District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 88 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/undetermined460
Arson/incendiarism88
Natural73
Smoking19
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Saint James District: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal. 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
Port Jefferson Station B PlantTitanium, MetalPlant
Kings Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North East Mines Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R Rchleider Contracting Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smithtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smithtown PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Split Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

16 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
St. James Firehouse0.3 miles2023
Kate Annette Wetherill Estate0.7 miles1993
Box Hill Estate0.8 miles1973
Shore Cottage0.9 miles1993
By-the-Harbor1.1 miles1993
Harbor House1.2 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73001275 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Suffolk CountyAll 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.