{"nrhp_refnum":"10000797","name":"Smith, Frank W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"43 Barberry Ct","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amityville","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.67632960200007,"lon":-73.41125746599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A modest two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne style house at 43 Barberry Court in Amityville, Suffolk County, New York, built around 1901 by local builder Stephen Haff for dry goods merchant Frank W. Smith. A small carriage house stands behind it.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion A for community development, as an example of the residential growth in northern Amityville spurred by the new Broadway commercial corridor. It is significant under Criterion C as an intact vernacular Queen Anne house built by Smith's father-in-law. It retains original features such as colored-pane windows and parlor pocket doors stamped by a local mill.","narrative":"Built around 1901 on Barberry Court in Amityville, this two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne style house was constructed for Frank W. Smith, a dry goods merchant who had opened his store on Broadway in 1894 and helped sign the village's incorporation papers. His father-in-law, builder Stephen Haff, built it, probably from catalogue or newspaper plans. The Smiths were the first to build on the new street, which was part of the growth of northern Amityville after the railroad and Broadway commercial district drew merchants to the area. The house has a three-bay front, a wrap-around porch, decorative yellow and green shingles in the gables, and original colored-pane windows, including an art-glass stair window with a hunting horn. Inside, it keeps pocket doors, period mantels, original wood floors and radiators. A contemporary carriage house stands behind. The Smiths sold in 1908, and the property kept its integrity through later owners.","period_of_significance":"1900-1908","architect_builder":"Stephen Haff (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; partly clad in vinyl siding over the original wood, with the owner intending to restore the original exterior. The carriage house is used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.819278-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000797.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000797/110d8eb1bb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000797/110d8eb1bb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Joseph Guidice","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_W._Smith_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Guidice</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:Frank_W._Smith_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322252","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_W._Smith_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137301786"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/smith-frank-w-house-10000797/"}