{"nrhp_refnum":"85002534","name":"House at 244 Park Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"244 Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntington","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.879837131000045,"lon":-73.41751930899994,"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 c. 1830 four-bay, saltbox-profile frame house at 244 Park Avenue in the unincorporated village of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. It sits on a half-acre plot on an embankment above Park Avenue, surrounded by Huntington Hospital.","why_significant":"The form argues it is an intact, representative example of settlement-period architecture in the town of Huntington. It is one of two houses in the village with an unusual four-bay plan and retains a high level of integrity of design and materials. It is also associated with the early settlement of the original community of Huntington.","narrative":"This c. 1830 house at 244 Park Avenue in Huntington, Suffolk County, is a four-bay dwelling with a saltbox profile, clapboard sheathing and a brick foundation. The facade has three multi-pane frieze windows with shutters, six-over-six double-hung sash windows with flush wooden trim, and an entrance with a simple molded surround. A shed-roof porch on square columns covers three bays, and a center chimney rises through the roofline. The house stands on a half-acre lot on an embankment above Park Avenue, with no outbuildings, and is surrounded by Huntington Hospital. It was listed because it is an intact, representative example of settlement-period architecture in the town. It is one of two houses in the village with an unusual four-bay plan and keeps a high level of its original design and materials, without the later enlargements common to its contemporaries. Its clapboard sheathing, frieze windows, central chimney and small-pane windows reflect the local building tradition, and its location north of the village green ties it to Huntington's early settlement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Saltbox profile; local settlement period building tradition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in fair condition on the inventory form, with deterioration noted as a threat. Later correspondence in the file describes proposals to relocate the house.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.29952-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002534.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314923","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_244_Park_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914163"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/house-at-244-park-avenue-85002534/"}