{"nrhp_refnum":"82001184","name":"Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhaven House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1640 E. 48th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.62006042400003,"lon":-73.92859767899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story shingled Dutch colonial farmhouse at 1640 East 48th Street in the Flatlands area of Brooklyn, built in sections: a smaller wing about 1747 and a larger main portion in 1811, with a kitchen wing added in 1880.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare surviving colonial-period farmhouse, typical of those built by Flemish farmers in New Netherland. It shows the Long Island frame-house type with sweeping curved eaves. It is also tied to the Stoothoff, Baxter and Kouwenhoven families, who occupied it for about a century and a half.","narrative":"Located at 1640 East 48th Street in Brooklyn's Flatlands neighborhood, this Dutch colonial farmhouse was built in stages. The smaller wing dates to about 1747 and is believed to have been built by Wilhelmus Stoothoff. In 1811 his son-in-law's household, headed by schoolteacher John Baxter, moved it south of Mill Lane and added the larger main portion with help from about sixty neighbors. A small kitchen wing followed in 1880, and about 1900 the house was turned to face East 48th Street when the street was cut through family farmland. The one-and-one-half-story house has shingled walls, steeply pitched gabled roofs, curved projecting eaves and end chimneys, along with a Dutch-style divided front door. Its sweeping Flemish-type eaves link it to the distinctive frame farmhouses of Long Island. Family members lived there until the 1920s. It is considered a rare surviving example of colonial farmhouse architecture in New York City, and Baxter's diary remains a valuable source of local history.","period_of_significance":"1600-1699, 1700-1799 (specific dates 1747, 1811, 1880)","architect_builder":"Builder/Architect unknown (original wing believed built by Wilhelmus Stoothoff; main portion raised by John Baxter in 1811)","architectural_style":"Dutch colonial / Flemish vernacular farmhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, and in use as a private residence; altered and moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.644121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001184.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001184/3aa6e3a2e2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001184/3aa6e3a2e2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J_A_Baxter_1640_E48_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J_A_Baxter_1640_E48_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318533","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoothoff%E2%80%93Baxter%E2%80%93Kouwenhaven_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7619660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/stoothoff-baxter-kouwenhaven-house-82001184/"}