{"nrhp_refnum":"74001253","name":"Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1669 E. 22nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.61079389300005,"lon":-73.95109545689473,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-24","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-12-08","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story wood-frame farmhouse at 1669 East 22nd Street, Brooklyn, probably standing by 1766 and attributed to Henry and Abraham Wyckoff. It was turned to face west and set on a brick foundation in the late 1890s.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine wood example of the vernacular domestic architecture of 18th-century Dutch settlements in New York State, and one of few of its type left in densely developed Brooklyn. Its association with an old Kings County family and with the Revolutionary War period adds to its importance. Window-pane inscriptions suggest Hessian officers were quartered on the farm.","narrative":"This one-and-one-half-story wood-frame farmhouse at 1669 East 22nd Street in Brooklyn is a rare survivor of the Dutch building tradition once common in Kings County. A beam inscription in a barn, since lost, indicated the house was probably standing in 1766, and it is believed to have been built by Henry and Abraham Wyckoff. Window panes carry inscriptions naming Hessian officers, suggesting they were quartered on the farm during the Revolution. Cornelius W. Bennett bought the roughly one-hundred-acre farm in 1835, and his family worked the land until it was subdivided for housing around 1900. In the late 1890s the house was turned to face west and placed on a brick foundation, with dormers and a curved-roof porch on six slender columns added. Inside, panelled woodwork, original Dutch tiles, sash windows and bulls-eye glass in the front door remain. Its scale, proportions and family association give it significance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Believed built by Henry and Abraham Wyckoff","architectural_style":"Vernacular 18th-century Dutch domestic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, unaltered, and occupied; the Bennett family has lived in the house for four generations. The barn is no longer standing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.706455-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001253.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001253/50bc101ca9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001253/50bc101ca9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyckoff-bennett-homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Wyckoff-bennett-homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318558","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyckoff-Bennett_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8039590"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/wyckoff-bennett-homestead-74001253/"}