{"nrhp_refnum":"84000294","name":"Gardiner-Tyler House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"27 Tyler St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.623423599000034,"lon":-74.11286564099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival house at 27 Tyler Street on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, built about 1835 by an unknown builder. It has a tetrastyle front portico and is in use as a private residence.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving temple-form Greek Revival residence on Staten Island, with a low-pitched pediment and giant portico. Its wood shingle siding is typical of local houses but rarely used in Greek Revival work. It also recalls the era when Staten Island homes served prosperous New Yorkers, and it was the home of Julia Gardiner Tyler, widow of President John Tyler.","narrative":"Built around 1835 at 27 Tyler Street on Staten Island, this two-story frame house is a cubic, five-bay building with a tetrastyle front portico. Four fluted columns with stylized Corinthian capitals carry a low pediment above a denticulated cornice that wraps all four sides. Floor-length first-floor windows and the central entrance have eared enframements, and the roof once held a cupola that was removed after 1900. The rear piazza has since been enclosed. Wood shingles and clapboard cover the walls; shingle siding was common locally but rarely used on Greek Revival buildings. The house is considered a rare surviving temple-form Greek Revival residence on the island, recalling a time when fashionable suburban homes served prosperous New Yorkers. It is also tied to Julia Gardiner Tyler, widow of President John Tyler. Her mother bought the house and gave it to her, and Julia lived here with her seven Tyler children from 1868 until 1874, when she returned to the South.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; altered, with the cupola removed after 1900 and the rear piazza enclosed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.660331-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84000294.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000294/8a3458928b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000294/8a3458928b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Robert Haber","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gardner_Tyler_House_27_Tyler_Street,_Staten_Island,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Haber</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:Gardner_Tyler_House_27_Tyler_Street,_Staten_Island,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321349","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner-Tyler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5522520"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/gardiner-tyler-house-84000294/"}