{"nrhp_refnum":"07000480","name":"Saitta House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1135 84th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.61741543000005,"lon":-74.01609902199993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story, single-family Queen Anne house at 1135 84th Street in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, completed around 1899 by architect John J. Petit and builder P.J. la Note for Beatrice and Simone Saitta.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding, highly intact example of Queen Anne design with Tudor half-timbered decoration, with fine craftsmanship and materials inside and out. It also represents the original suburban development of Dyker Heights laid out by Walter Loveridge Johnson, where many other original homes have been heavily altered or replaced.","narrative":"Built around 1899 in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, this two-and-a-half-story house was designed by architect John J. Petit and built by P.J. la Note for Beatrice and Simone Saitta. It combines Queen Anne massing with Tudor-style ornament: a stuccoed first floor, a shingled second floor, and a false half-timbered third floor under steep cross gables, with an octagonal corner tower and a wraparound porch. Inside, the first floor keeps its elaborate woodwork, beamed ceilings, stained glass, and tiled fireplaces with carved mantels. The house was featured in Scientific American Building Edition in June 1901. It was listed because it is a well-preserved example of the style and a surviving piece of the suburb that developer Walter L. Johnson began in the 1890s. Many neighboring homes from that era have been remodeled or replaced, which makes the Saitta House's integrity of design, materials, and workmanship stand out locally.","period_of_significance":"1897-1899","architect_builder":"Architect John J. Petit; builder P.J. la Note","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; described as well maintained with a high level of historic integrity, though a garage and some porch and service-area changes are later.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.987564-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000480.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000480/50d15bc3f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000480/50d15bc3f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saitta_House_Side_View_Dyker_Heights.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Saitta_House_Side_View_Dyker_Heights.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318511","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saitta_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899622"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/saitta-house-07000480/"}