Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
“Haviland-Davison Grist Mill is a historic grist mill located at East Rockaway in Nassau County, New York. It was restored and relocated to its present site in Memorial Park in 1963.”
Wikipedia article Haviland-Davison Grist Mill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 1998 · 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 897 fires within 5 miles of Haviland-Davison Grist Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 114 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 | 560 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 114 |
| Smoking | 77 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 46 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Haviland-Davison Grist Mill: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Wollastonite, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deershead | Wollastonite, Garnet | Occurrence | Wollastonite |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Rockaway, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rockaway | $7,500 | Numerous trees were reported down throughout East Rockaway. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rockaway | $4,000 | A large tree uprooted and laying across Bayview Steet near the intersection of East Boulevard and Bayview Steet with time estimated by radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rockaway | $1,000 | Wires reported down on Murdock Avenue just west of Lawson Boulevard. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | East Rockaway | $1,000 | Lightning struck a house on West Henrietta Avenue in Oceanside. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | East Rockaway | - | Long Island Railroad service on the Long Beach Branch suspended due to flooding between Lynbrook and Long Beach. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | East Rockaway | - | East Rockaway Ave. was completely submerged in one foot of flowing water. In Long Beach, a pedestrian was stuck nearly waist deep in a sinkhole at the intersection of Roosevelt Blvd. and Park Avenue. In addition, there was one foot of flowing water at the intersection of Walnut St. and Roosevelt Blvd. with stranded motorists. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Denton Homestead | 0.3 miles | 2014 |
 | House at 251 Rocklyn Avenue | 0.5 miles | 2008 |
 | House at 474 Ocean Avenue | 0.7 miles | 2008 |
| Lynbrook Public Library | 0.8 miles | 2025 | |
 | Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument | 0.9 miles | 2015 |
 | US Post Office-Rockville Centre | 1.1 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000352 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nassau County | All 156 listed properties in this county. |
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