Charles Van Iderstine Mansion

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

From the record

“Charles Van Iderstine Mansion is a historic home located at Centerport in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1897 and is a large, rambling clapboard, shingled and shiplap sided residence with a varied gable roof.”
Wikipedia article Charles Van Iderstine Mansion, 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Van Iderstine, Charles, Mansion - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Idle Day Dr., Huntington, 11721
When was it listed? September 1985
Category. building
Also known as. Huntington Town MRA
Town. Huntington town
Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
National Register reference number. 85002544 - 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Charles Van Iderstine Mansion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 55 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	174
Arson/incendiarism	55
Natural	21
Smoking	13
Debris and open burning	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Other causes	2

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
8 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Charles Van Iderstine Mansion: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
North East Mine, Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
West Hills Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
West Hills Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntington, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 flood. 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
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	$4,000	Large tree down on Bogart Street between Evergreen Avenue and Depot Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Huntington	$3,000	Trees and wires were reported down in Huntington Station.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	East Huntington	$1,000	A 68 mph wind gust was measured. In addition, there was damage to roof siding and branches down.
October 2017	Flash Flood	South Huntington	-	A car was stuck in flood waters on Crandon Street in Melville.
August 2016	Flash Flood	East Huntington	-	Route 110 was flooded in both directions with all lanes closed at the intersection of Railroad Street and Broadway in Huntington Station.
August 2016	Flash Flood	West Huntington	-	West 11th Street was closed due to flooding from 6th Avenue to Railroad Street in Huntington Station.
October 2010	Flash Flood	East Huntington	-	New York Avenue was closed at Creek Rd. and Nassau Rd. in Huntington due to flooding.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Huntington	-	Flash flooding occurred along portions of Route 110 in Huntington.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Huntington	-	Flash flooding of streets resulted in motorists having to be rescued from their cars.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	A spotter reported an estimated 58 MPH wind gust near the intersection of Route 110 and Jericho Turnpike near Huntington at 6:30 pm. Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines in Northport and Melville at 6:40 pm.
May 1994	Hail	Huntington	-	A squall line developed in a very warm and unstable airmass during the late afternoon hours. Numerous reports of pea- and marble-size hail were received along with several observations of 3/4 inch hail. No damage was reported with any of this events.
June 2015	Hail	Huntington	-	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
August 2001	Flood	Huntington	-	no account filed
September 2000	Flash Flood	South Huntington	-	no account filed
December 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
August 2000	Flash Flood	Huntington	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Huntington	-	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed

Every storm 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.

1901 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
1947 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1954 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest	0.2 miles	2021
Stanley H. Lowndes House	0.4 miles	2019
US Post Office-Northport	0.8 miles	1989
LITTLE JENNIE (Chesapeake Bay bugeye)	0.9 miles	1986
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church	0.9 miles	2021
Northport Public Library	1.0 miles	1996

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85002544 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Suffolk County	All 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.