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John Rogers House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“The John Rogers House is an historic house located at 627 Half Hollow Road in Dix Hills, New York. It was built in 1732 by John Rogers in the Federal style.”

Wikipedia article John Rogers House (Huntington, New York), 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Rogers, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 627 Half Hollow Rd., Huntington, 11746
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Huntington Town MRA
  • Town. Huntington town
  • National Register reference number. 85002572 - 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

930 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 930 fires within 5 miles of John Rogers House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 95 started naturally. 203 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/undetermined484
Arson/incendiarism203
Natural95
Smoking48
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use25
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of John Rogers House: 1 producer. All of them 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
Express Way Aggregates, Nc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHuntington$4,000Large tree down on Bogart Street between Evergreen Avenue and Depot Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Huntington$3,000Trees and wires were reported down in Huntington Station.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEast Huntington$1,000A 68 mph wind gust was measured. In addition, there was damage to roof siding and branches down.
October 2017Flash FloodSouth Huntington-A car was stuck in flood waters on Crandon Street in Melville.
August 2016Flash FloodEast Huntington-Route 110 was flooded in both directions with all lanes closed at the intersection of Railroad Street and Broadway in Huntington Station.
August 2016Flash FloodWest Huntington-West 11th Street was closed due to flooding from 6th Avenue to Railroad Street in Huntington Station.
October 2010Flash FloodEast Huntington-New York Avenue was closed at Creek Rd. and Nassau Rd. in Huntington due to flooding.
July 2007Flash FloodHuntington-Flash flooding occurred along portions of Route 110 in Huntington.
July 2005Flash FloodHuntington-Flash flooding of streets resulted in motorists having to be rescued from their cars.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHuntington-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 1994HailHuntington-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 2015HailHuntington-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
August 2001FloodHuntington-no account filed
September 2000Flash FloodSouth Huntington-no account filed
December 2000Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
August 2000Flash FloodHuntington-no account filed
May 1998HailHuntington-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

15 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
Carll House1.7 miles1985
Seaman Farm2.1 miles1985
Long Island National Cemetery3.3 miles2016
M. Baylis House3.7 miles1985
Sweet Hollow Presbyterian Church Parsonage3.7 miles1985
Ezra Carll Homestead3.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002572 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.