{"nrhp_refnum":"01001051","name":"MODESTY (Sloop)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"84 West Ave, Long Island Maritime Museum","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Sayville","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.72205320100005,"lon":-73.09583334699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-08-07","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2001-08-07","areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Modesty is a 35-foot, 9-inch wooden gaff-rigged shellfish dredging sloop built in 1923 at the Wood & Chute Shipyard in Greenport, New York. She is home-ported at the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville, Suffolk County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination describes Modesty as a nearly unaltered, typical Long Island Sound \"south-sider\" sloop of the northern oystering and scalloping industry. She is believed to be the last surviving scallop dredger that worked under sail, and no others are known to survive. She is designated under National Historic Landmark criteria 1 and 4.","narrative":"Modesty is a wooden sloop built in 1923 at the Wood & Chute Shipyard to dredge shellfish in Long Island Sound and nearby bays. She measures about 36 feet, with a wide beam, shallow draft, low freeboard for hauling heavy dredges, a centerboard, and a gaff rig. Her hull uses oak frames, cedar planking and a hackmatack stem. She worked as a scallop dredger from 1923 until at least the early 1930s, and was sold in 1936 for oystering. The Long Island Maritime Museum acquired her in 1974 and restored her between 1975 and 1980, using traditional methods and documented plans to return her to her 1923 appearance. The nomination calls her a true \"south-sider\" and a nearly unaltered example of the hundreds of sloops that served the northern oyster and scallop fisheries. She is believed to be the last surviving sailing scallop dredger, which is the basis for her national landmark standing.","period_of_significance":"1923-1948","architect_builder":"Wood & Chute, Greenpoint, New York","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Restored by the Long Island Maritime Museum between 1975 and 1980 to her 1923 appearance and returned to working condition; the museum acquired her in 1974.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.259245-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001051_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001051/dfeff29fb6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001051/dfeff29fb6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modesty-sloop.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modesty-sloop.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316083","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesty_(sloop)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6889249"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/modesty-sloop-01001051/"}