Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
“The Caleb Bragg Estate, in the unincorporated village of Montauk, New York, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.”
Wikipedia article Caleb Bragg Estate, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Caleb Bragg Estate between 2005 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montauk, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 1 rip current, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2002 | Rip Current | Montauk | 2 killed | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Montauk | - | Road closed at N Shore Road and 2nd House Road in Montauk due to flooding. |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Montauk Tennis Auditorium | 1.8 miles | 1988 |
 | Montauk Manor | 1.8 miles | 1984 |
 | Montauk Association Historic District | 2.5 miles | 1976 |
 | AN/FPS-35 Radar Tower and Antenna | 3.2 miles | 2002 |
 | Montauk Point Lighthouse | 4.0 miles | 1969 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87001895 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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