{"nrhp_refnum":"85002586","name":"Old Town Green Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntington","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.87514472350006,"lon":-73.41404744925264,"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 small residential historic district along the east side of Park Avenue in the village of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, centered on the original 1653 town green. It contains fourteen buildings and the green, dating from 1653 to 1881.","why_significant":"It is presented as a relatively intact remnant of Huntington's mid-seventeenth century settlement, with early dwellings and the original village green. Most buildings are representative examples of settlement period architecture and the area's conservative vernacular building tradition. The site of Platt's Tavern may also hold archeological potential.","narrative":"Along the east side of Park Avenue in Huntington village, a cluster of fourteen buildings faces the six-acre town green, the common laid out when the town was founded in 1653. The district's dwellings span the town's first three generations of settlers and the late nineteenth century. The oldest surviving piece is a wing of the Jarvis-Fleet House, built in 1653 by Richard Latting and described as the oldest extant structure in the town. Most houses are two-story clapboard buildings with gable roofs, central chimneys and little ornament, reflecting a conservative local building tradition. The Colonial Arsenal, restored in 1979, served as the town arsenal during the Revolutionary War. The 1881 Scudder House adds picturesque details to a traditional plan. The site of Platt's Tavern, where George Washington dined in 1790, may hold archeological evidence. The district was listed because it preserves the town's earliest settlement and its vernacular architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Richard Latting (Jarvis-Fleet House wing, 1653); William Jarvis (1702 main section); Timothy Jarvis (Powell-Jarvis House, 1795); Reverend William Schenk (Schenk House)","architectural_style":"Settlement period vernacular architecture, with Federal style details and the late nineteenth century picturesque eclectic Scudder House","criteria":[],"status_note":"The Colonial Arsenal was restored in 1979 to its 1776 configuration, and the Powell-Jarvis House serves as the home of the Huntington Historical Society. The Platt's Tavern site is covered by a parking lot and a modern commercial building.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.832935-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002586.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002586/bc9e1ca25d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002586/bc9e1ca25d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huntington_Green_Historical_Marker_Stone.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Huntington_Green_Historical_Marker_Stone.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314875","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Green_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707140"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/old-town-green-historic-district-85002586/"}