{"nrhp_refnum":"76001282","name":"Montauk Association Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E of Montauk off NY 27 on DeForest Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montauk","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":41.04158860250007,"lon":-71.90769925446241,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 100-acre historic district on a ridge east of Ditch Plains in Montauk, Suffolk County, New York. It contains seven shingle-style summer cottages built 1881-1884 for the Montauk Association, plus two archaeological sites.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a significant early example of American resort planning, landscape architecture and shingle-style architecture. Frederick Law Olmsted prepared the site plan and McKim, Mead, and White designed the cottages. The houses and their natural setting show close attention to how architecture relates to its environment.","narrative":"Above the Atlantic bluffs east of Ditch Plains, in Montauk, seven large shingled cottages mark what was once an exclusive summer colony. A group of wealthy New Yorkers formed the Montauk Association in 1881. Frederick Law Olmsted laid out the site to follow the natural contours, marshes and scrub, with unpaved roads and trails linking the buildings. McKim, Mead, and White designed the cottages, which were built by the end of 1883, along with a central clubhouse that burned in 1933. The rambling, gable-roofed houses have wide verandas and shingle cladding, and they are regarded as early examples of the shingle style. Sites of a laundry and a stable also survive as archaeological resources. Association members enjoyed fishing, yachting and other outdoor leisure for decades before properties changed hands. The district covers about 100 acres, and the cottages remain private residences that keep their sense of interrelationship and their coastal setting.","period_of_significance":"1881-1883","architect_builder":"Frederick Law Olmsted/McKim, Mead, and White","architectural_style":"Shingle style","criteria":[],"status_note":"The seven cottages continue in use as private residences; the Hoyt house was altered in the 1950s and the clubhouse burned in 1933.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.909831-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001282.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001282/15e54f7f63-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001282/15e54f7f63-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"The original uploader was Americasroof at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montauk-association.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was Americasroof at English Wikipedia.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montauk-association.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322186","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Association_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6904479"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/montauk-association-historic-district-76001282/"}