BlockBefore
Photograph of Vanderbilt Museum
Photograph by Itasca, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“The Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William Vanderbilt II (1878-1944), it is located on his former 43-acre (17 ha) estate, Eagle's Nest.”

Wikipedia article Vanderbilt Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Vanderbilt, William K., Estate-Eagles Nest - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Little Neck Rd., Centerport, 11721
  • When was it listed? February 2021
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Huntington Town MRA
  • Town. Huntington town
  • Architect. Warren and Wetmore
  • National Register reference number. 85002545 - 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

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined156
Arson/incendiarism56
Natural19
Debris and open burning12
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

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
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
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot 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 William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North East Mine, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Hills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Hills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerport, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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
September 2021Thunderstorm WindCenterport$15,000Photos shared on social media show deck collapse and several tree branches snapped. Time estimated by radar.
August 2008HailCenterport-Penny size hail was reported at the Fire Station on Park Circle in Centerport.
July 2007HailCenterport-Penny size hail measured at Vanderbilt Museum.
September 2004Flash FloodCenterport-Numerous streets closed due to flash flooding.

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 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
Charles Van Iderstine Mansion0.2 miles1985
Stanley H. Lowndes House0.6 miles2019
LITTLE JENNIE (Chesapeake Bay bugeye)0.9 miles1986
US Post Office-Northport1.1 miles1989
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church1.1 miles2021
John Harned House1.2 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002545 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.