{"nrhp_refnum":"08000514","name":"Hawkins, Jedediah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"400 S. Jamesport Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jamesport","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.95132043000007,"lon":-72.58019857699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-06-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Italianate-style villa built around 1864 at 400 South Jamesport Avenue in Jamesport, Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, for ship captain Jedediah Hawkins. It sits on three acres with several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination cites Criterion B for its association with Captain Jedediah Hawkins, a wealthy businessman who helped establish the menhaden fish oil industry on eastern Long Island. Under Criterion C it is a preserved and restored Italianate country villa closely based on a design in Samuel Sloan's 1861 Homestead Architecture. It is the only surviving building directly tied to Hawkins.","narrative":"Built around 1864 on South Jamesport Avenue in Jamesport, on Long Island's North Fork, this asymmetrical Italianate villa was commissioned by Captain Jedediah Hawkins, a ship captain and businessman. He and his brothers helped establish the menhaden oil industry, which shaped the economy of the Peconic Bay area. The wood-frame house, with brick nogging in its walls, follows a design from Samuel Sloan's 1861 pattern book Homestead Architecture. It features a tall central tower, bracketed eaves and verandas. It was the grandest house in Jamesport in its day and is the only extant building directly associated with Hawkins. Three nineteenth-century outbuildings, a summer kitchen, an outhouse and a milk house, also contribute to the property. After severe deterioration, a local builder and restoration specialist acquired the house in 2003 and restored it, guided by surviving historic fabric and photographs. It now operates as a restaurant and inn.","period_of_significance":"1864-1901","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Italian Villa (Italianate)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Restored after near loss to neglect; now used as a restaurant and inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.793272-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000514.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000514/52a42f788c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000514/52a42f788c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jedediah-Hawkins-House.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:Jedediah-Hawkins-House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322144","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Hawkins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6172723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/hawkins-jedediah-house-08000514/"}