{"nrhp_refnum":"05000330","name":"Hallock, Joseph Nelson, House","other_names":["Ann Currie-Bell House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main Rd. and Maple Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southold","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":41.065475734000074,"lon":-72.42350915899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-04-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Shingle Style house at Main Road and Maple Avenue in Southold, Suffolk County, New York, built 1898-1900 for Joseph Nelson Hallock and now part of the Southold Historical Society's museum complex.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion B for its link to Joseph Nelson Hallock, a Southold newspaper editor and member of the New York State Assembly. Under Criterion C it is an example of Shingle Style architecture on eastern Long Island, designed by John R. Higgins and decorated with ceiling murals and plaster work by David Cunningham Lithgow.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Main Road and Maple Avenue in Southold, this two-story Shingle Style house was built between 1898 and 1900 for Joseph Nelson Hallock, a newspaper editor, civic figure and member of the New York State Assembly. John R. Higgins of Higgins and Tuthill designed it, with a gambrel roof, cedar shingles, a Palladian window and paired columns on the porch. Inside, David Cunningham Lithgow of Albany created ceiling murals in two parlors along with plaster swag and floral decoration. Hallock's daughter, Ann Currie-Bell, offered the house to the newly formed Southold Historical Society in 1960, and it now serves as part of the Society's museum complex. The Society converted some rooms to galleries and added a modern kitchen and bathroom around 1965, yet much of the original plasterwork, floors and trim survive. The town designated it a local landmark in 1996.","period_of_significance":"1898-1954","architect_builder":"John R. Higgins","architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a museum and gallery space by the Southold Historical Society; it retains historic integrity despite changes made for museum use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.762114-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000330.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000330/c4826b498f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000330/c4826b498f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph-hallock.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</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-hallock.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322136","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nelson_Hallock_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6285780"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/hallock-joseph-nelson-house-05000330/"}