{"nrhp_refnum":"02001451","name":"Bellport Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by South Country Rd., Bellport Lane, Brown's Ln., Brewster Ln., and Bell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bellport","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.75756624600007,"lon":-72.93771018599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A largely residential historic district of about 80 buildings in the incorporated village of Bellport, on Long Island's south shore in Suffolk County, New York. It lines parts of South Country Road, Bellport Lane, Brown's Lane and Brewster Lane, and all of Bell Street.","why_significant":"The district is called architecturally significant and represents two phases of village growth: an early 19th-century seaport community and a later 19th- and early 20th-century summer resort. Its many early 19th-century houses recall the seafaring era, and later buildings reflect the resort period. The most significant buildings are on Bellport Lane and South Country Road.","narrative":"Bellport Village Historic District covers roughly 80 mostly residential buildings on Long Island's south shore. It follows parts of South Country Road, Bellport Lane, Brown's Lane and Brewster Lane, plus all of Bell Street, and wraps around the village's modern business center on three sides. Houses range from the 1820s and 1830s to the early 1900s, with clapboard and shingled exteriors, gable and gambrel roofs, porches and picket fences. Several churches serve as key landmarks. The district reflects two chapters in the village's story. Sea captain Thomas Bell and his brother John established a dock and shipyard in the 1820s, turning a rural settlement into a small seaport; an 1837 storm then closed the nearby Fire Island inlet and ended that future. From the 1850s, Bellport became a popular summer resort, and many vacation houses were built. Broad streets, mature trees and white picket fences add to the district's character.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific dates various)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly well-preserved residences with few non-contributing structures; 4 Brewster Lane is noted as a modern non-contributing building.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.864201-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001451/d0c35916c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001451/d0c35916c5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellport_Village_Hall;_Bell_Street_%26_Bellport_Lane.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Bellport_Village_Hall;_Bell_Street_%26_Bellport_Lane.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314749","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellport_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4884136"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/bellport-village-historic-district-02001451/"}