{"nrhp_refnum":"85002497","name":"Buffett, Joseph, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"169 W. Rogues Path","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cold Spring Harbor","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.837961129000064,"lon":-73.44484718699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story shingled dwelling at 169 West Rogues Path in Cold Spring Harbor, Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. It has a c. 1750 salt-box wing built by Joseph Buffett and a c. 1830 five-bay main section attributed to the Brush family.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a representative example of settlement period architecture in Huntington. Its c. 1750 wing is one of the oldest intact residences in Cold Spring Harbor. It also shows the local practice of adding a larger, more fashionable house beside an original dwelling, a sequence that often reflected the owner's prosperity.","narrative":"This house at 169 West Rogues Path in Cold Spring Harbor, Town of Huntington, combines two building campaigns. The older part is a three-bay, one-and-one-half story salt-box wing from about 1750, built by Joseph Buffett. Beside it stands a five-bay, shingled main section from about 1830, attributed to the locally prominent Brush family, who owned the property by 1836. The main block has a center-hall plan, paired interior end chimneys, and twelve-over-twelve and six-over-six windows. Inside, the vertical plank siding in the front hall, strap-hinged board door, and original door and window surrounds survive. The house is regarded as a representative example of settlement period architecture, with minimal decoration, shingle sheathing, and small-pane windows. Its c. 1750 wing is considered one of the oldest intact residences in the village. It also shows a common local pattern of building a larger, more fashionable house next to an original dwelling. Locally it is called the Old Buffett House, to distinguish it from the later Eliphas Buffett House.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Joseph Buffett (west wing) and the Brush Family (east wing)","architectural_style":"Settlement period architecture (salt-box wing with five-bay center-entrance main section)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition on its original site, still used as a residence; interior described as remarkably intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.836918-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002497.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002497/061ab0031f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002497/061ab0031f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Muncharelli","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Buffett_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Muncharelli</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:Joseph_Buffett_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314913","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Buffett_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706714"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/buffett-joseph-house-85002497/"}