Northport Public Library

Built in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Northport Public Library is a historic library building located at Northport in Suffolk County, New York. It was designed and built in 1914, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.”
Wikipedia article Northport Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1996 · category: Building · built in 1914.

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.
Address. 215 Main St., Northport, 11768
When was it listed? December 1996
Category. building
Town. Huntington town
When was it built? 1914
National Register reference number. 96001429 - 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

367 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Northport Public Library between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 24 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/undetermined	241
Arson/incendiarism	56
Natural	24
Debris and open burning	12
Smoking	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Northport Public Library: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 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
Indian Head Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
North East Mine, Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
North East Mines Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Park Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
R Rchleider Contracting Corp.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Schleider Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Schleider Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
West Hills Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northport, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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	Lightning	Northport	1 hurt	Person was struck by lightning on Ocean Avenue in the village of Northport. The person had minor injuries.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Northport	$50,000	At least 50 trees were reported downed in the area.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	East Northport	$4,000	Multiple trees and wires down across East Northport NY.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Northport	$4,000	A large tree down on Ketay Drive North.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Northport	$4,000	Multiple trees down on Soma Lane.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Northport	$3,000	Large tree down and uprooted on Bayley Place at Hayrick Lane in Commack NY.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Northport	$1,000	Trees were downed at Woodvine Avenue and Fox Lane.
December 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Northport	-	Mesonet site in Asharoken measured a 53 knot wind gust.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Northport	-	Video shows road flooding with stranded vehicle on Main Street in Northport NY.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Northport	-	Cars were stuck in water on Locust Road in the Crab Meadow section of Northport.
October 2010	Flash Flood	East Northport	-	Townline Rd. between Clay Pitts Rd. and Pulaski Rd in Commack, Old Northport Rd. between Indian Head Rd. and Old Commack Rd. in Kings Park and portions of Route 25A in Fort Salonga were closed due to flooding. Rainfall totals ranged up to 3.21 inches in Centerport.
August 2008	Hail	Northport	-	Quarter size hail was reported at Sunken Meadow State Park.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Northport	-	Thunderstorms caused flash flooding of roads in Northport and Centerport. Radar rainfall estimates were 3 to 5 inches in only two hours time.
June 2015	Hail	Northport	-	no account filed
June 1998	Lightning	Northport	-	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
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church	0.1 miles	2021
US Post Office-Northport	0.2 miles	1989
Stanley H. Lowndes House	0.6 miles	2019
Charles Van Iderstine Mansion	1.0 miles	1985
William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest	1.2 miles	2021
N. Velzer House and Caretaker's Cottage	1.5 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 96001429 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.