{"nrhp_refnum":"85002541","name":"Sweet Hollow Presbyterian Church Parsonage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"152 Old Country Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntington","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.79255136300003,"lon":-73.41769850299994,"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, five-bay, gable-roofed clapboard house at 152 Old Country Road in the Melville section of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, built circa 1830 as a parsonage for the Sweet Hollow Presbyterian Church.","why_significant":"It is argued to be architecturally significant as a representative example of late settlement period residential architecture in Huntington, one of only five individually nominated early nineteenth century dwellings with a five-bay, center-entrance plan. It is also historically significant for its link to Sweet Hollow, a small hamlet that served as the commercial center of the Melville area in the early nineteenth century. It is one of the few surviving buildings tied to that community.","narrative":"Built around 1830 along Old Country Road in the Melville area of Huntington, this one and one-half story clapboard house was constructed as the parsonage for the Sweet Hollow Presbyterian Church, a church built in 1829 that no longer stands. The five-bay house has a center entrance with heavily molded pilasters and sidelights, a hipped-roof porch on square columns, three-pane frieze windows, six-over-six sash windows, and a steep gable roof with a central chimney. The interior was altered in 1958 when the building became a school for the church. A modern concrete block shed stands behind it. The house represents the late settlement period in Huntington and is one of only five individually nominated early nineteenth century dwellings in the town with a five-bay, center-entrance plan. It is also among the few surviving buildings connected to Sweet Hollow, the small hamlet that served as the commercial center of the Melville area in the early 1800s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and on its original site. The interior was remodelled in 1958 when the building was converted to a school for the nearby church. It is now used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.6578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002541.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314925","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Hollow_Presbyterian_Church_Parsonage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7655345"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/sweet-hollow-presbyterian-church-parsonage-85002541/"}