{"nrhp_refnum":"00001016","name":"Douglaston Hill Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Douglaston Pkwy., Northern Blvd., 244th St., 243rd St., and Long Island RR","address_restricted":false,"city":"Douglaston","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.76822736950007,"lon":-73.74557250492114,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential and commercial historic district on Douglaston Hill in northeastern Queens, New York, centered on Zion Episcopal Church and laid out largely between about 1890 and 1940. It includes 85 contributing resources and four non-contributing houses.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its intact collection of late 19th and early 20th century houses, churches and commercial buildings in Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Craftsman styles. It also reflects the growth of Douglaston from a small church community into a suburban village linked to New York City, with Zion Church, its cemetery and the surrounding streetscape as the historic core.","narrative":"Douglaston Hill is a neighborhood district in northeastern Queens, near the Nassau County line, bounded by the Long Island Railroad, Northern Boulevard, Douglaston Parkway and Udall's Cove park. It contains 85 contributing buildings and sites, including a church, a cemetery, a public park, houses, garages and commercial blocks. Zion Episcopal Church, first built in 1830 from plans by Richard Upjohn and rebuilt after a fire in 1924 to designs by local architect Aubrey Grantham, anchors the district from the top of the hill. Most development came after the 1890s, when large lots were subdivided and filled with Queen Anne, Shingle Style and Colonial Revival houses, many built by local builders such as William J. Hamilton. In the 1920s more modest homes, a few multi-family complexes in Tudor Revival style and commercial strips near Douglaston Parkway completed the area. Belgian block curbs and gutters, mature trees and consistent siting add to its coherent character. The district retains much of its historic appearance and layout.","period_of_significance":"c. 1890 to 1940","architect_builder":"Richard Upjohn (original Zion Church plans); Aubrey Grantham and Samuel Lindbloom (rebuilt church); D.S. Hopkins; W.J. Hamilton; Palmer H. Ogden; Alfred Auslander","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne, Shingle Style; Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic residential, commercial, religious and park uses continue; the district retains a relatively high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.486385-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001016.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001016/cb436d4613-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001016/cb436d4613-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zion_Episcopal_Church_Douglaston_06.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</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:Zion_Episcopal_Church_Douglaston_06.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321074","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglaston_Hill_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5302200"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/douglaston-hill-historic-district-00001016/"}