{"nrhp_refnum":"06000477","name":"Van Nuyse, Joost, House","other_names":["Ditmas Coe House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1128 E. 34th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.62825985000006,"lon":-73.94344756199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story frame Dutch Colonial house at 1128 East 34th Street in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, built circa 1744, enlarged circa 1793-1806, and moved a short distance to its present lot in 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving example of Dutch Colonial domestic architecture in Brooklyn, one of only a handful of eighteenth-century Dutch houses left. It reflects the building traditions of rural Dutch and Flemish families and recalls the city's rural and agricultural origins.","narrative":"Originally built around 1744 on Flatbush Avenue, this one-and-one-half story shingled house is a rare survivor of Brooklyn's Dutch farming past. It was probably built when Joost Van Nuyse married and acquired the farm. A larger section, with a Federal style mantelpiece, was added between 1793 and 1806, likely under the Stoothoff family. Both parts keep the steep, flared Dutch rooflines, Dutch doors and hand-hewn framing. In 1925 the house was moved about half a block to East 34th Street to escape commercial development, and its original site is now a gas station. Porches at the gable ends were removed, a front porch was added, and it was set on a concrete block foundation. It was known for many years as the Ditmas Coe House and was designated a city landmark in 1969. It is listed for architecture as one of only a dozen or so Dutch houses still standing in Brooklyn.","period_of_significance":"circa 1744 - circa 1806","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial / Dutch Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; moved in 1925 and changed little since.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.137812-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000477.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000477/6f7bafb5e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000477/6f7bafb5e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Nuyse_House_Brooklyn_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:Van_Nuyse_House_Brooklyn_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318548","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Van_Nuyse_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6276116"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/van-nuyse-joost-house-06000477/"}