{"nrhp_refnum":"11000597","name":"Harding, Stephen, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"182 14th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sea Cliff","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.85035276000008,"lon":-73.64902991299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-and-one-half-story vernacular Queen Anne cottage at 182 14th Avenue in Sea Cliff, Nassau County, New York, built in 1878 by Stephen Harding as a seasonal residence during the Methodist camp meeting era.","why_significant":"It is one of fourteen known houses in Sea Cliff surviving from the Methodist Camp Meeting Era (1871-1884), and Harding documented the camp community as a photographer from a studio in the house. It also reflects modest Queen Anne-influenced vernacular design and balloon-frame construction typical of seasonal cottages of the period.","narrative":"This small cottage at 182 14th Avenue in Sea Cliff, New York, was built in 1878 by Stephen Harding, a Brooklyn carpenter and builder who became a photographer. It is a one-and-one-half-story wood house with a steep front gable, clapboard siding, fish-scale shingles and a full-width porch rebuilt in 1999 from early photographs. Balloon framing and beadboard interior surfaces reflect its purpose as an economical summer residence. Sea Cliff began in 1871 as a Methodist camp meeting ground, and Harding's house is one of fourteen known homes surviving from that era, when tents gave way to cottages arranged around parks and worship areas. Harding belonged to the camp association and photographed its activities, participants and the village, operating a studio in the west portion of the house that continued beyond the camp period. The house is recognized for its link to this social history and for its modest Queen Anne-influenced design, with a significance period of 1878 to 1911.","period_of_significance":"1878-1911","architect_builder":"Stephen Harding","architectural_style":"Vernacular Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a residence; the porch was rebuilt in 1999 from historic photographs and rear additions were made around 1999.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.132158-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11000597.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000597/bffc5524ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000597/bffc5524ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Antony-22","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Harding_House_2015.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony-22</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Harding_House_2015.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319113","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harding_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091753"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/harding-stephen-house-11000597/"}