{"nrhp_refnum":"85003501","name":"Oakley, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Sweet Hollow Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Hills","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.82061064100003,"lon":-73.4243080352842,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story wood-shingled farmhouse on an eighteen-acre plot along Sweet Hollow Road in West Hills, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. The western half dates to about 1720 and the eastern half to about 1780, and both were built by the Oakley family.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house a representative example of settlement-period architecture in Huntington. It is also an example of the common eighteenth- and nineteenth-century practice of joining existing buildings. Both sections were built by the locally prominent Oakley family and show early features such as a three-bay, side hall plan and an austere, unembellished design. It also stands in an area that has changed little since the early nineteenth century.","narrative":"Set on an eighteen-acre plot along Sweet Hollow Road in the wooded West Hills area of Huntington, this farmhouse was assembled from two separate eighteenth-century buildings. The western three bays were built on the site around 1720. The eastern three-bay section dates to about 1780 and was moved to the property from the surrounding area around 1850. Members of the Oakley family built both parts. The six-bay house has one and one-half stories, a gable roof, wood shingle sheathing, interior end chimneys, and nine-over-six double-hung windows. A one-bay west wing was added in the early twentieth century. Each half shows the plain, three-bay, side hall plan typical of early settlement architecture in Huntington. Joining existing buildings was a common practice as families grew and prospered, and this house is a clear example. A mid-twentieth-century barn and garage stand to the east but are considered non-contributing. The surrounding area has changed little since the early nineteenth century, so the house remains a visual reminder of Huntington's early settlement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder: Oakley family","architectural_style":"Settlement period architecture (three-bay, side hall plan, unembellished design)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is given as good; the house is still used as a residence, and the property has a non-contributing mid-twentieth-century barn and garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.831802-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85003501.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314823","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oakley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706676"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/oakley-john-house-85003501/"}