{"nrhp_refnum":"05000090","name":"Felix, Pauline, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"151 W. Penn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Long Beach","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.585675181000056,"lon":-73.67192970799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story Italian Renaissance Revival house at 151 West Penn Street in Long Beach, Nassau County, New York, built ca. 1909 as a seasonal cottage in the planned community of the Estates of Long Beach.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A as one of the earlier structures in the Estates of Long Beach, a planned seaside resort development of the early twentieth century. It is significant under Criterion C as a highly intact example of Italian Renaissance Revival architecture, with its tiled hipped roof, symmetrical facade and wide portico. It also stands on one of the few remaining original brick streets laid out by Charles Wellford Leavitt in 1908.","narrative":"Built around 1909, this two and one-half story stucco house at 151 West Penn Street in Long Beach was one of the early summer cottages in the Estates of Long Beach, a resort community developed by William H. Reynolds. Reynolds required two-lot parcels, set-back houses of at least two stories, and red tile roofs, hoping to create an \"Atlantic City\" with villas for wealthy visitors. Pauline Felix bought five lots and had the house built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, with a low hipped roof of red clay barrel tile, a symmetrical five-bay facade, and a full-width portico with scroll brackets. Inside, the central hall, French-style doors, hardwood floors, fireplaces and dark woodwork remain largely original. Later owners used it as a permanent home and, in the 1930s, a boarding house. Though surrounding development has removed its ocean views, the house remains a well-preserved survivor of Long Beach's early resort era and stands on one of the remaining original brick streets.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1909-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a private residence; the house retains most of its historic fabric, though most windows are modern replacements and the porch sections were later enclosed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.735029-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000090.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000090/4619cf73d2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000090/4619cf73d2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pauline_Felix_House;_Long_Beach,_NY.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:Pauline_Felix_House;_Long_Beach,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319097","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Felix_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7155011"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/felix-pauline-house-05000090/"}