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George McKesson Brown Estate-Coindre Hall

Built in 1939 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1939, Renaissance Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Brown, George McKesson, Estate--Coindre Hall - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Brown's Rd., Huntington Station, 11743
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Huntington Town MRA
  • Town. Huntington town
  • When was it built? 1939
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85002493 - 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

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of George McKesson Brown Estate-Coindre Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 24 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/undetermined114
Arson/incendiarism47
Natural24
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of George McKesson Brown Estate-Coindre Hall: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
West Hills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Hills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Gilsey Mansion0.1 miles1985
Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill0.5 miles1978
John Green House0.6 miles1985
Silas Sammis House0.6 miles1985
William Wooden Wood House0.7 miles1985
C. A. O'Donohue House0.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002493 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.