{"nrhp_refnum":"83001786","name":"Scott-Edwards House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"752 Delafiel Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.62872925000005,"lon":-74.12343713099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house at 752 Delafield Avenue in the West New Brighton section of Staten Island, New York. Its oldest part is a one-and-a-half-story stone and clapboard Dutch Colonial structure dating from circa 1730, remodelled in Greek Revival style in the 1840s.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a remarkably intact and rare surviving example of Dutch colonial architecture on Staten Island, built of ashlar masonry and clapboard with a spring eave. The 1840s Greek Revival remodelling added a veranda and twin doorways, blending that style with the local spring-eave tradition. It is also tied to Judge Ogden Edwards, the first Staten Islander elected to the New York Supreme Court.","narrative":"Set back from a quiet residential street in West New Brighton, Staten Island, this house began around 1730 as a simple Dutch Colonial dwelling of stone with clapboard above and a spring-eave roof. Around 1840, Judge Ogden Edwards, a grandson of the preacher Jonathan Edwards and later the first Staten Islander elected to the New York Supreme Court, had it remodelled in the fashionable Greek Revival manner. The roof was extended over seven box columns to form a full-width veranda, and twin doorways with sidelights were added. Rear additions followed about 1900 under Samuel Henshaw, whose plantings still surround the house. Adam Scott lived there from 1881 to 1892. The property is valued as a rare, intact survivor of rural vernacular building in the New York area and as a local blend of Dutch spring-eave construction with Greek Revival detail. The property is a private residence on less than one acre.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Dutch Colonial with 1840s Greek Revival remodelling","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition and used as a private residence; the original site is retained and the building is altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.23563-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001786.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001786/731444c9d8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001786/731444c9d8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCOTT-EDWARDS_HOUSE,_WEST_NEW_BRIGHTEN,_RICHMOND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:SCOTT-EDWARDS_HOUSE,_WEST_NEW_BRIGHTEN,_RICHMOND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321392","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott-Edwards_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7435847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/scott-edwards-house-83001786/"}