{"nrhp_refnum":"67000013","name":"Wyckoff, Pieter, House","other_names":["Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5902 Canarsie Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.644330926000066,"lon":-73.92075555799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1967-12-24","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1967-12-24","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Dutch colonial frame farmhouse at 5902 Canarse Lane in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, probably built around 1652 for Pieter Claesen Wyckoff. It has been enlarged several times and is owned by the City of New York.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a major and little altered example of the frame dwelling type used by Dutch settlers on western Long Island, and the earliest known Dutch saltbox frame house developed in America. Archeological and architectural evidence support a date of about 1652 for the original section. It is described as the last survivor of New York City's once rural agrarian condition.","narrative":"Pieter Claesen Wyckoff's farmhouse in Brooklyn began around 1652 as a single room with a lean-to shed and attic. It was expanded several times: a new kitchen to the west, a doubling of the house to the east in the second quarter of the 18th century, a major reworking around 1815 that added a center hall and a new symmetrical roof, and a rear kitchen extension in 1850. The frame walls were filled with wattle and daub in the oldest part and brick in later additions, and the exterior is covered in wooden shingles. The nomination regards it as a major, little altered example of the frame houses built by Dutch settlers on western Long Island and the earliest known Dutch saltbox frame house in America. The Wyckoff family held the property for 260 years. The Wyckoff Family Association bought it in 1965, and the city acquired it in 1970. At the time it was deteriorated and enclosed in plywood, awaiting restoration.","period_of_significance":"c. 1652","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Dutch saltbox frame house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Fair structurally but deteriorated from neglect, with the kitchen wing in extreme deterioration. A plywood weather-proof enclosure was placed around the house pending restoration, and no firm restoration plans had been set. The house was reported to stand behind a tire warehouse and gas station amid a dump.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.551242-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/67000013_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/67000013/cc636e0cba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/67000013/cc636e0cba-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Гатерас","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WyckoffHouse1740Addition.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Гатерас</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WyckoffHouse1740Addition.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315779","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyckoff_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12103268"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/wyckoff-pieter-house-67000013/"}