{"nrhp_refnum":"07000628","name":"Coltrane House","other_names":["The Coltrane Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"247 Candlewood Path","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dix Hills","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.79932205000006,"lon":-73.26701784599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-06-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Performing Arts","Black"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story brick ranch house built in 1952 at 247 Candlewood Path in Dix Hills, Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, on a 3.4 acre lot.","why_significant":"The house is nationally significant under Criterion B for its association with jazz musician John Coltrane and his wife, pianist and composer Alice McLeod Coltrane, who bought it in 1964. Coltrane composed A Love Supreme here in 1964, and Alice Coltrane recorded albums in the basement studio. Because the significance falls within the past fifty years, Criteria Consideration G also applies.","narrative":"Built in 1952 in the Dix Hills area of Huntington, Long Island, this brick ranch house sits well back on a 3.4 acre lot with a wrought iron fence and gate. John and Alice Coltrane bought it in 1964. Inside, the living room keeps its herringbone wood paneling, ceiling beams and brick fireplace, and the basement served as a recording studio. John Coltrane composed his celebrated album A Love Supreme in an upstairs room in 1964, and Alice Coltrane later recorded several of her own albums in the basement. The family lived there until Coltrane's death in 1967, and Alice sold the house in 1973. Later owners divided it into apartments, and a developer left it vacant and sought to demolish it in the early 2000s. A local historian's campaign led the Town of Huntington to designate it a landmark in 2004 and buy the property in 2005. Plans call for restoring it as a house museum.","period_of_significance":"1964-67","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-twentieth century Ranch","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Currently vacant and in derelict condition due to vandalism, with moisture damage in the basement studio. The Town of Huntington owns the surrounding land, the house was deeded to Friends of the Coltrane Home, and plans are underway to restore it as a house museum.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.072577-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000628.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000628/177ff0e30d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000628/177ff0e30d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Muncharelli","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Coltrane_House_in_2009.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Muncharelli</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:John_Coltrane_House_in_2009.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322069","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6226775"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/coltrane-house-07000628/"}