Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
“Masury Estate Ballroom is a historic ballroom located at Center Moriches in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1898 and was originally part of the Masury family estate.”
Wikipedia article Masury Estate Ballroom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 590 fires within 5 miles of Masury Estate Ballroom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 120 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 | 360 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 120 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Moriches, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Moriches | $500 | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph. |
| December 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Moriches | - | Mesonet site XMOR in East Moriches NY measured a 53 knot wind gust. |
| November 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Moriches | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 79 mph was measured at East Moriches CG station. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Center Moriches | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Center Moriches. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William Floyd House | 1.3 miles | 1980 |
 | Mary E. Bell House (Additional Documentation) | 1.7 miles | 2020 |
 | Terry-Ketcham Inn | 2.0 miles | 1993 |
| ELVIRA (sloop) | 4.8 miles | 2012 | |
 | Robert Hawkins Homestead | 6.3 miles | 1986 |
 | Suffolk County Almshouse Barn | 6.8 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002513 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. |
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