{"nrhp_refnum":"85002579","name":"Potter-Williams House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"165 Wall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntington","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.87705038000007,"lon":-73.43776091899997,"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, gable-roofed clapboard house at 165 Wall Street in the village of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, built in 1827 by Nathaniel Potter. It sits on a raised stone foundation built into a steep embankment.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a representative example of early nineteenth century settlement-period architecture in Huntington, with an unusual four-bay plan. It also shows the kind of nineteenth century remodelling, such as the c.1870 decorative porch, that altered many older homes in the town. It is linked to Nathaniel Potter, a silversmith, county judge and state assemblyman, and to the Williams family who held it into the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Built in 1827 by Nathaniel Potter, this one-and-one-half story clapboard house at 165 Wall Street in Huntington sits against a steep wooded embankment on a raised stone foundation. It has a gabled roof, four bays, a massive central chimney, three-pane frieze windows and mostly six-over-six double-hung windows. A shed-roofed rear addition and a decorative front porch with turned posts, lattice base and balustrade were added in the mid-nineteenth century. A gable-roofed springhouse with a brick-lined well on the two-acre lot reflects the property's agricultural use. Potter was a silversmith, later a county judge and state assemblyman, who lived here until his death in 1841. The house then passed to the Williams family, his mother's relatives, who kept it into the early twentieth century. It was listed as a representative example of Huntington's settlement-period architecture, one of two nominated houses in the village with an unusual four-bay plan, and for its record of the town's early development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Nathaniel Potter (builder)","architectural_style":"Settlement period (early nineteenth century) vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; the form notes threats from zoning and deterioration. The house is still 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 02:50:45.718539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002579.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002579/b8d7f4eda3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002579/b8d7f4eda3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potter%E2%80%93Williams_House_in_Huntington,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potter%E2%80%93Williams_House_in_Huntington,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314941","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter%E2%80%93Williams_House_(Huntington,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7235249"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/potter-williams-house-85002579/"}