{"nrhp_refnum":"80002791","name":"Davenport House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"157 Davenport Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Rochelle","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.90162113000008,"lon":-73.77091391199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story private residence at 157 Davenport Road in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. Its center is a Gothic Revival stone cottage built in 1859 to designs by Andrew Jackson Davis, with later wings added.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as a Gothic Revival cottage designed by A.J. Davis, one of America's leading 19th-century Gothic Revival architects. It is described as the only Davis-designed residence known to survive in New Rochelle. Later architect-designed additions are said not to detract from the original design. The house is considered locally important.","narrative":"Set well back from Davenport Road on a small, heavily planted lot in a densely built part of New Rochelle, this large two-story house grew around a Gothic Revival stone cottage completed in 1859. Andrew Jackson Davis designed the cottage for Lawrence Montgomery Davenport. It has a hip roof, prominent central gables, symmetrical chimneys, diamond-paned windows, bargeboards and an entrance porch. Davis returned in 1871 to add a south wing with a semi-circular library and billiard room for the Evans family. Frederick H. Coles added a north wing around 1875, and the firms Snelling and Potter and Parish and Schroeder later enlarged the wings. In the 1920s the south end became a ballroom. Inside, parquet floors, marble mantelpieces and crenelated cornices survive. The house was listed because it is the only known surviving Davis-designed residence in New Rochelle, and its additions blend with the original design.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"A.J. Davis, Frederick H. Coles, Snelling and Potter, Parish and Schroeder","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as well preserved, with interiors largely unchanged, after the current owner repaired the formerly neglected house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.868736-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002791.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002791/3eb1ce9d74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002791/3eb1ce9d74-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewRochelleNY_DavenportHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:NewRochelleNY_DavenportHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323001","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_House_(New_Rochelle,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5230246"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/davenport-house-80002791/"}