{"nrhp_refnum":"08000932","name":"House at 226 West Penn Street","other_names":["Long Beach Historical Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"226 West Penn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Long Beach","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.587303071000065,"lon":-73.67091674099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stucco house with a red tile roof at 226 West Penn Street in Long Beach, Nassau County, New York, built around 1909 in the Estates of Long Beach development, with a contributing early-twentieth-century garage. It now houses the Long Beach Historical Museum.","why_significant":"The house is one of the original Estates of Long Beach residences built by the Elmohar Company, founded by developer William H. Reynolds. It reflects the Mediterranean-style covenant of red tile roofs and white stucco, and later Craftsman-era alterations and interior detail. It is tied to the early development of Long Beach as an 'American Riviera' resort.","narrative":"Two blocks north of the Atlantic Ocean in Long Beach, New York, a white stucco house with a red barrel-tile roof now serves as the Long Beach Historical Museum. Built around 1909 as part of the Estates of Long Beach, it began as a Mediterranean-inspired house and later took on Craftsman-style character. Its porches, once open, were later enclosed with French doors and transoms. Inside, the entrance hall, living room and dining room keep original woodwork, doors, a brick fireplace and pressed-paper wainscoting. A matching garage, shown on a 1914 insurance map, stands on the southeast corner of the lot. The house was built by the Elmohar Company, founded by developer William H. Reynolds, who planned Long Beach as a resort community with covenants requiring tile roofs and white stucco. Owners included Kate Goldner, the Lewis family and, from 1937, the Barretts, a vaudeville family, until the historical society bought it in 1997.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Elmohar Company, founded by William Reynolds","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently in use as the Long Beach Historical Museum, owned by the Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society; locally landmarked by the City of Long Beach in 1999.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.525294-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000932.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000932/4f556b13b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000932/4f556b13b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:226_West_Penn_Street,_Long_Beach,_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:226_West_Penn_Street,_Long_Beach,_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319119","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_226_West_Penn_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914133"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/house-at-226-west-penn-street-08000932/"}