Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
“Masterton-Dusenberry House is a historic home located at Bronxville, Westchester County, New York. It was built in the 1830s in an eclectic Greek Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Masterton-Dusenberry House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,129 fires within 5 miles of Masterton-Dusenberry House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 595 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 110 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 | 742 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 110 |
| Smoking | 85 |
| Natural | 72 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Masterton-Dusenberry House: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Laurel Hill Refinery | Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, Platinum | Plant |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronxville, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 6 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronxville | $15,000 | A microburst impacted the city of Mount Vernon, bringing down large trees, with the most significant damage on Packman Avenue. Based upon the survey, winds with the microburst were estimated from 65 to 75 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronxville | $3,000 | A few trees were reported down in Bronxville. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The northbound Sprain Brook Parkway was closed due to flooding in Yonkers. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed at Exit 1 in Bronxville due to flooding. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed due to flooding from the Sprain Brook Parkway to the County Center in White Plains. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Pkwy. was closed between exit 21 and the Sprain Brook Pkwy. in Scarsdale due to flooding. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Hutchinson River Pkwy was closed in both directions between the Cross County Pkwy in Pelham and the Bronx-Westchester County border. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | Several entrance ramps were closed on the Hutchinson River Pkwy. and the Cross County Pkwy. in Mount Vernon due to flooding. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Sprain Brook Pkwy (southbound) was closed where it merges with the Bronx River Pkwy. in Mount Vernon due to flooding. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Hutchinson River Parkway was closed at Cross County Parkway in New Rochelle due to flooding. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | Bronx River Parkway closed due to flash flooding. |
| September 2003 | Heavy Rain | Bronxville | - | Periods of heavy rain resulted in small rivers overflowing their banks onto adjacent roads, which resulted in road closures.In Westchester County, the Bronx River overflowed its' banks onto sections of the Bronx River Parkway. A section of the parkway that runs under Palmer Road on the Yonkers Bronxville Border was submerged to the roadway guard rail. Westchester County police reported that sections of the Bronx River Parkway, including the Main Street Exit in White Plains (both north and south bound) were closed. Flooding also occurred near Palmer Road and the Scout Field Area near Midland Ave. The Saw Mill River Parkway at Manville Road in Pleasantville was also closed. |
| November 1997 | Hail | Bronxville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | US Post Office-Bronxville | 0.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Bronxville Womens' Club | 0.4 miles | 2007 |
 | Marble Schoolhouse | 0.8 miles | 2005 |
 | Tuckahoe High School | 0.8 miles | 2010 |
 | Lawrence Park Historic District | 0.9 miles | 1980 |
 | Eleazer Hart House | 0.9 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002789 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Westchester County | All 250 listed properties in this county. |
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