{"nrhp_refnum":"09001288","name":"Fire Island Light Station Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Burma Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fire Island","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.63079384350007,"lon":-73.219388392802,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Maritime History","Transportation","Communications","Commerce","Military","Engineering","Architecture","Historic - Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 98-acre historic district on Fire Island, Suffolk County, New York, centered on the Fire Island Light Station and the adjacent Naval Wireless Telegraph and Radio Compass stations, with buildings, structures, sites and an object from the 1820s to the mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The boundary increase expands the 1981 listing, which covered only the lighthouse tower, keeper's quarters and terrace, to include related resources of the light station and the wireless and compass stations. It is significant for maritime history, transportation, communications, commerce, military history, engineering, architecture and archaeology. The district documents navigation aids guiding ships into New York Harbor and early radio and naval communications.","narrative":"Fire Island Light Station Historic District covers about 98 acres of barrier island on Long Island's south shore, within Fire Island National Seashore. Its dominant feature is the black-and-white banded brick lighthouse tower, rising roughly 150 feet above a flat, low-vegetation landscape. The district has two main clusters of resources: the light station, with its keeper's quarters, terrace, boat house and archaeological remains of the first 1826 lighthouse, and a northern group tied to the Fire Island Wireless Telegraph Station of 1906 and the Radio Compass House of 1914. Those include barracks, garages, storage buildings, a pier and a boardwalk. The original 1981 listing covered only the tower, quarters and terrace; the expansion adds the related resources. Together they illustrate navigation aids for ships approaching New York Harbor, naval and Coast Guard use of the site, and early radio communication, over a period running from 1826 to 1960. Fifteen resources contribute and two do not.","period_of_significance":"1826-1960","architect_builder":"James C. Duane - designer/construction supervisor; James St. Claire Morton - designer/construction supervisor","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Gothic Revival; Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Owned and managed by the National Park Service within Fire Island National Seashore; current functions include park landscape, museum and water-related transportation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.697049-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AK/09001288.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325195","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/fire-island-light-station-historic-district-boundary-increase-09001288/"}