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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Dove, Arthur-Torr, Helen, Cottage
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Dove, Arthur--Torr, Helen, Cottage - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 30 Centershore Rd., Centerport, 11721
- When was it listed? January 2000
- Category. building
- Town. Huntington town
- National Register reference number. 99001682 - 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
357 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Dove, Arthur-Torr, Helen, Cottage between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 68 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 | 207 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
| 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 |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dove, Arthur-Torr, Helen, Cottage: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East Mine, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Hills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Hills Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerport, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerport | $15,000 | Photos shared on social media show deck collapse and several tree branches snapped. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Centerport | - | Penny size hail was reported at the Fire Station on Park Circle in Centerport. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Centerport | - | Penny size hail measured at Vanderbilt Museum. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Centerport | - | Numerous streets closed due to flash flooding. |
Maps showing this location
14 surveysUnited 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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Suydam House | 0.3 miles | 1988 |
| John Harned House | 0.4 miles | 1985 | |
| LITTLE JENNIE (Chesapeake Bay bugeye) | 0.4 miles | 1986 | |
 | N. Velzer House and Caretaker's Cottage | 0.5 miles | 1985 |
| Charles Van Iderstine Mansion | 1.2 miles | 1985 | |
 | William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest | 1.2 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001682 in Record Group 79. |
| 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.