{"nrhp_refnum":"00000575","name":"Hubbard House","other_names":["Hubbard--Lucchelli House","Luchchelli, Theresa, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2138 McDonald Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.600114113000075,"lon":-73.97309526399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Dutch Colonial white frame farmhouse at 2138 McDonald Avenue in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, New York. It probably dates to between 1825 and 1835, with a wing remodeled in 1924.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare surviving Dutch Colonial farmhouse in New York City and the smallest, most primitive one in Kings County. It is Brooklyn's only Dutch Colonial with wooden clapboards and keeps its original orientation on its original site. Its linear plan and flaring eaves show how the style evolved, and its details suggest a date a century later than its look implies.","narrative":"Set among warehouses and auto body shops on a busy commercial avenue in Brooklyn's Gravesend section, this small white farmhouse is an unexpected reminder of the borough's rural Dutch past. It has a one-and-a-half-story main section with flaring eaves and a two-story wing remodeled in 1924. Its look suggests the early or mid-eighteenth century, but construction details such as window muntin profiles point to a date between 1825 and 1835. The house is considered significant for architecture. It is the smallest and most primitive Dutch Colonial in Kings County, the only one there with wood clapboards, and it still sits on its original farm site with its original orientation. Its linear plan and curved eaves illustrate how the Dutch Colonial style changed over time. After its last occupant died in 1997 the house deteriorated and was boarded up, though it remains structurally sound, and a new buyer is working to restore it as a residence.","period_of_significance":"1825-1835","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Dutch Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Deteriorated since the last occupant died in 1997 and boarded up after burglars stole the plumbing, but structurally sound. A new buyer is working to restore it as a residence.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.169465-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000575.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000575/567898223a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000575/567898223a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubbard_House_Brooklyn_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubbard_House_Brooklyn_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318413","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard_House_(Brooklyn)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5926851"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/hubbard-house-00000575/"}