{"nrhp_refnum":"83001807","name":"Blydenburgh Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Blydenburgh County Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Smithtown","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.843157354000056,"lon":-73.2256770706381,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-acre rural historic district within Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, preserving the early 1800s Long Island settlement of Bushy Neck. It contains nine historic structures in a mill complex and a farm complex.","why_significant":"The district is a rare, largely unchanged early nineteenth century Long Island settlement tied to Smithtown's agrarian past and to the locally prominent Blydenburgh family. It holds important examples of early 1800s Long Island architecture, including the c.1800 New Mill, the 1802 Miller's Cottage and the 1821 Isaac Blydenburgh farmhouse. A Gothic Revival cottage, rare in the area, adds to its significance.","narrative":"Bushy Neck, a small settlement within Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown, Long Island, survives as a ten-acre district of nine historic structures. A mill complex on the New Mill Pond includes the c.1800 New Mill, a grist mill that keeps its original framing, plan and remnants of machinery, and the c.1802 Miller's Cottage, a gambrel-roofed house with Federal details and an unusual two-story porch. Uphill sits a farm complex centered on Isaac Blydenburgh's 1821 farmhouse, a Gothic Revival cottage, and several outbuildings including a corn crib, barns and a privy. The Blydenburgh family, early Smithtown settlers, established the settlement around 1800 and ran the mills, including woolen cloth production during the Civil War, until 1924. The surrounding woods and farmland remain undeveloped, and no modern buildings stand inside the boundary. The district was recognized as a rare, intact example of Smithtown's early nineteenth century agricultural and milling life.","period_of_significance":"c.1800-c.1900","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal; Gothic Revival (cottage); early nineteenth century Long Island farmhouse and mill architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"The New Mill is deteriorated with boarded-up windows and no utilities. The county intends to stabilize and repair the historic resources. The form marks the district both occupied and unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.519675-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001807.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001807/cb87080984-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001807/cb87080984-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"AJW1188","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blydenburgh_Weld_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">AJW1188</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blydenburgh_Weld_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blydenburgh_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4930833"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/blydenburgh-park-historic-district-83001807/"}