{"nrhp_refnum":"74001295","name":"King Manor","other_names":["Rufus King House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"150th St. and Jamaica Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.703046011000026,"lon":-73.80377423899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-02","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1974-12-02","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"King Manor (Rufus King House) is a historic house in King Park at 150th Street and Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, New York City. Its oldest parts date to the first half of the 18th century, and Rufus King added a wing after buying the property in 1805.","why_significant":"It is the only surviving house associated with Rufus King, a signer of the Constitution, U.S. Senator, twice Minister to Great Britain, and Federalist candidate for Vice President and President. King lived there for 22 of his 72 years, longer than anywhere else. The house is described as a dignified Colonial mansion with Federal details and largely intact integrity.","narrative":"King Manor is a gambrel-roofed Colonial house in King Park, Jamaica, Queens, the last sizable open part of a 90-acre farmstead Rufus King bought in 1805. Its oldest sections date to the first half of the 18th century, and the main house was begun around 1750 as a parsonage by Reverend Thomas Colgan of Grace Church. King added a right-hand wing, creating an asymmetrical facade with a portico of fluted Doric columns and a Palladian window, and moved the original cottage to the rear as servants' quarters. King signed the Constitution, served nearly 18 years as a U.S. Senator, was twice Minister to Great Britain, and ran as the Federalist candidate for Vice President and President. He lived here for 22 years, longer than anywhere else, and this is the only surviving house tied to him. The main house remains relatively original, and the ell holds Parks Department offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial mansion with Federal details; Georgian features blended with local Colonial (English and Dutch) manner","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and relatively original. The main house is open to the public one afternoon a week, and the ell is used as Department of Parks offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.995839-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001295_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001295/2f4c41d28b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001295/2f4c41d28b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufus-king-house.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:Rufus-king-house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316024","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Manor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6411871"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/king-manor-74001295/"}