{"nrhp_refnum":"72000905","name":"Kingsland Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37th St. and Parsons Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.763805201000025,"lon":-73.82369098299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story wood frame colonial house with a gambrel roof, built in 1774 and now located in Weeping Beech Park, Flushing, Queens, New York. It was moved twice, most recently in 1968.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the second-oldest residential structure in Flushing and a typical colonial house combining Dutch and English building features. It has changed little in almost two centuries and is a rare example of a type once common on western Long Island. It is also linked to the Murray family and the freeing of the first slave in Flushing in 1799.","narrative":"Built in 1774 for Charles Doughty, this two-and-a-half-story wood frame house in Flushing, Queens, is a well-preserved colonial farmhouse with a gambrel roof and a massive central chimney. Dutch influence appears in the roof form and the original divided front and rear doors, while the round-headed and quadrant windows in the gable reflect English Georgian taste. Much original trim, paneling and mantels survive. Doughty's son-in-law, Captain Joseph King, gave the house its name, and it later passed to the Murray family, who kept it until 1956. John Murray helped found the Society for the Manumission of Slaves, and the first slave freed in Flushing was freed here in 1799. Threatened by development and vandalism at its original site, the house was moved in the 1930s and again in 1968 to Weeping Beech Park, near the 17th-century Bowne House. It is regarded as an excellent example of a late eighteenth-century well-to-do farmer's house.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (specific date 1774)","architect_builder":"Built by craftsmen in 1774 for Charles Doughty; no architect named","architectural_style":"Colonial, combining Dutch and English (Georgian) features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of New York and moved to Weeping Beech Park in 1968; condition listed as good and altered, with restoration under way and plans for use as a civic center and architectural museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.642765-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000905.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000905/4984a74dd9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000905/4984a74dd9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mathiou J-A","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingsland.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mathiou J-A</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:Kingsland.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321106","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsland_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6413258"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/kingsland-homestead-72000905/"}