{"nrhp_refnum":"83001784","name":"McFarlane-Bredt House","other_names":["New York Yacht Club"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"30 Hylan Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.61438745300006,"lon":-74.06368941099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-framed, clapboard-covered house on nearly three acres in the Clifton section of Staten Island, New York, built in the 1840s for Henry McFarlane and enlarged in the 1860s, 1870s and 1890s. It overlooks New York Bay at 30 Hylan Boulevard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare surviving example of suburban picturesque eclectic architecture in New York City, designed to resemble an Italian-Swiss villa. It is also tied to the New York Yacht Club, which owned it in 1870 when the first America's Cup challenge was defended in New York harbor. It retains integrity of setting and design despite later additions.","narrative":"Set on a rise above New York Bay in the Clifton section of Staten Island, this wood-framed house was built in the 1840s for real estate developer Henry McFarlane. It was designed to resemble an Italian-Swiss villa, with jerkinhead gables, projecting bays, a long veranda and porches with latticed posts, concave tin roofs and jigsaw ornament. Additions followed in the 1860s, 1870s and 1890s, the first copying the original detailing so closely that the house seemed built at one time. The New York Yacht Club owned the property after 1868, and in August 1870 the club successfully defended the first America's Cup challenge in the harbor in front of its clubhouse here. Frederick Bredt, a later owner, gave the house part of its name. New York City acquired the house and the adjoining Austen House in 1975 for use as a park. The house keeps its rural setting and picturesque character despite alterations.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Suburban picturesque eclectic (Italian-Swiss villa)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of New York since 1975 and being converted to a public park; the house was still occupied by rental tenants. Condition listed as deteriorated and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.1398-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001784.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321367","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarlane%E2%80%93Bredt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6801148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/mcfarlane-bredt-house-83001784/"}