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Photograph of Henry Smith Farmstead
Photograph by DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Henry Smith Farmstead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Henry Smith Farmstead is a historic home located at Huntington Station in Suffolk County, New York. It is a 2-story, three-bay clapboard dwelling with a three-bay south wing.”

Wikipedia article Henry Smith Farmstead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 6 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Smith, Henry, Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 900 Park Ave., Huntington Station, 11743
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Huntington Town MRA
  • Town. Huntington town
  • National Register reference number. 85002539 - 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

394 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Henry Smith Farmstead between 2000 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 69 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/undetermined240
Arson/incendiarism69
Natural27
Smoking18
Debris and open burning16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

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.

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
Ireland-Gardiner Farm0.8 miles1985
Brush Farmstead1.1 miles1985
Brush Farmstead1.2 miles1985
Michael Remp House1.4 miles1985
Ezra Carll Homestead1.8 miles1985
Rogers House2.1 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002539 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.