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Smith Estate

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Smith Estate, also known as Longwood Estate - Smith House, is a historic estate located at Ridge in Suffolk County, New York. It is preserved and maintained by the Town of Brookhaven.”

Wikipedia article Smith Estate (Ridge, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1981 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. N of Brookhaven at Longwood and Smith Rds., Brookhaven, 11961
  • When was it listed? December 1981
  • Category. building
  • Town. Brookhaven town
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 81000414 - 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

1,193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,193 fires within 5 miles of Smith Estate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,241 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 353 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/undetermined713
Arson/incendiarism353
Natural44
Smoking29
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Smith Estate: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brookhaven Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brookhaven Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Roanoke Mabro Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Roanoke Marboro Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookhaven, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBrookhaven-Mesonet site in Brookhaven NY measured a 53 knot wind gust.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBrookhaven-A 59 mph wind gust was reported.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindBrookhaven-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBrookhaven-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

11 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. Andrew's Episcopal Church2.2 miles1988
Mary Louise Booth Girlhood House2.2 miles2015
Homan-Gerard House and Mills2.3 miles1988
Suffolk County Almshouse Barn2.9 miles1986
Middle Island Presbyterian Church3.1 miles2005
Robert Hawkins Homestead3.5 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 81000414 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.
  • 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.