{"nrhp_refnum":"84002918","name":"Lent Homestead and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"78-03 19th Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.77321574200005,"lon":-73.89165977699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Dutch Colonial farmhouse and adjoining family cemetery at 78-03 19th Road in Steinway, Queens, New York City. The stone portion was built in 1729, with a wooden section added around 1800.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare, distinctive surviving example of Dutch Colonial architecture in New York City, with random stone masonry bearing walls and a flared gabled roofline. It reflects North European farmhouse traditions and shows building practices of the first settlement period on Long Island. The adjoining Riker-Lent Cemetery holds graves of the Riker and Lent families from 1746.","narrative":"Overlooking Bowery Bay on the East River in Steinway, Queens, this farmhouse began in 1729 as a one-room stone house with a large fireplace and loft, built by Abraham Lent. Later in the eighteenth century a second stone room nearly doubled its size. Around 1800, probably under the Rapalyea family, a large wooden frame section with a center hall was added and the front was covered in beaded-edge clapboards to unite old and new. The sweeping gabled roof with wide overhanging eaves gives the whole building the look of a Dutch Colonial farmhouse. Interiors in the stone section are plain, while the later rooms keep Federal woodwork, carved mantels and back-to-back fireplaces. Beside the house, the Riker-Lent Cemetery is enclosed by high brick walls and holds graves from 1746, including Abraham Lent and his son Andrew. The property was listed as a rare surviving Dutch Colonial farmhouse in New York City.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown; original stone house built by Abraham Lent in 1729","architectural_style":"Dutch Colonial (with simple vernacular Federal interiors in the c.1800 addition)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in nearly original condition and occupied as a private residence; the cemetery is in city ownership, and one cemetery wall on the west side has collapsed, burying several gravestones.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.450888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002918.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002918/d09834606c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002918/d09834606c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lent_Homestead_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</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:Lent_Homestead_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent_Homestead_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6523299"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/lent-homestead-and-cemetery-84002918/"}