{"nrhp_refnum":"74001309","name":"East Hampton Village District","other_names":["See Also:Moran, Thomas, House","East Hampton Village (Boundary"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Main St. and James and Woods Lanes","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Hampton","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.95491749450005,"lon":-72.19055064816435,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic village district of about 20 acres centered on the Village Green and Main Street, James Lane and Woods Lane in East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, site of the 17th century settlement once called Maidstone.","why_significant":"Through its surviving domestic vernacular architecture, the district recalls East Hampton's growth from an isolated agricultural community into a seaside resort and artists' colony in the later 19th century. The green, pond, burying ground and surrounding houses still look much as described in 1874, and the buildings show early settlement, tradition-bound habits, summer-visitor income and lasting popularity as a retreat.","narrative":"East Hampton Village District covers roughly 20 acres around the Village Green on the south shore of Long Island's south fork. The green marks the site of the original settlement, founded in 1648 and known for its first fourteen years as Maidstone. It holds the South End Burying Ground, a town pond and the site of the first meetinghouse. Mostly wood-frame houses of one to two-and-a-half stories line both sides along Main Street, James Lane and Woods Lane. Among them are the Mulford House and the John Howard Payne House, both with central chimneys and lean-to wings, plus windmills believed to date from the 18th century. Later buildings include the Hedges Inn, a mansard-roofed house, the 1883 Thomas Moran Studio and St. Luke's Church of 1910. The district was listed because these structures trace the village's shift from a quiet farming community, described by Timothy Dwight in 1804, to a popular summer resort and artists' colony after the mid-19th century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular domestic architecture, including half houses, five-bay forms, and a late 19th century shingle-style building","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent; the form marks the district as occupied, with commercial, private residence, religious and museum uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.568442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001309.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001309/57866a4984-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001309/57866a4984-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Home-sweet-home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof (talk)</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:Home-sweet-home.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"88001032","name":"East Hampton Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/east-hampton-village-historic-district-boundary-increase-88001032/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314803","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hampton_Village_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328543"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/east-hampton-village-district-74001309/"}