{"nrhp_refnum":"03000406","name":"Wood, Joseph, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"284 Greene Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sayville","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.73604845700004,"lon":-73.07539328699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Shingle style single-family house at 284 Greene Avenue in Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, built in 1889 on a 1.2 acre corner lot, designed by architect Isaac H. Green, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a highly intact, representative example of residential Shingle Style architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also an example of the work of Isaac H. Green, Jr., a prolific and regionally renowned architect. Green's design combines irregular massing and complex rooflines with classical detailing and unifying wood-shingle cladding.","narrative":"Built in 1889 on a spacious corner lot one block south of Sayville's Main Street, this two-story shingled house shows the Shingle style in a complex, asymmetrical form. A gambrel-roofed main block faces east with a prominent gable above a recessed porch, and a continuous porch with slender Doric columns links lower north and south wings and extends into a porte cochere. Inside, a wainscoted entry hall with a fireplace and broad staircase opens onto the study, living room and dining room, each with its own fireplace and rich trim. Architect Isaac H. Green, Jr. designed it for his cousin Joseph Wood and added the north wing in 1915. Green was a prolific Long Island architect who brought fashionable Shingle style design to middle-class homeowners on the south shore. The house was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of the style and of Green's work. Exterior and interior remain largely intact, and the neighborhood setting is still quiet and residential.","period_of_significance":"1892-1915","architect_builder":"Green, Isaac H., Jr. (architect); Nunns, Robert (builder)","architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form describes it as highly intact, with changes limited to a 1915 north wing, a modern garage, roofing and siding replacement, and updated kitchen and bathrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.019929-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000406.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000406/0139696a0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000406/0139696a0c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Wood_House;_Sayville,_New_York.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:Joseph_Wood_House;_Sayville,_New_York.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wood_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6288063"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/wood-joseph-house-03000406/"}