{"nrhp_refnum":"85003502","name":"Kennan, A. P. W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Sydney Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntington Bay","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.90298362300007,"lon":-73.41067499199994,"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 large two-and-one-half-story shingled waterfront house on a 2.2-acre lot on Sydney Road in the village of Huntington Bay, Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, built circa 1900 by A.P.W. Kennan, with an original garage/servants' quarters.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinguished, intact example of early twentieth century upper-income residential architecture in Huntington Bay and the Huntington multiple resource area. It is also a well-crafted Colonial Revival example, with a modillioned cornice, large Palladian window and classical entrance surround. Its landscaped grounds and matching garage/servants' quarters add to its integrity.","narrative":"Set on a 2.2-acre waterfront lot along Sydney Road in Huntington Bay, this large, rambling, L-shaped house rises two and one-half stories under a hipped roof and is covered in shingles. Built around 1900 by A.P.W. Kennan, a wealthy businessman, it features a projecting gable-roofed pavilion on the bay-facing north side. The rear has a large Palladian window in a broken pedimented gable and a porch on paired Doric columns. Tapered Doric columns and balustrades mark the side porches, and a modillioned cornice and tall chimneys define the roofline. A one-story hipped-roof garage and servants' quarters, with living spaces flanking a three-car garage, survives to the southwest and echoes the main house. The property is valued as a well-preserved example of Colonial Revival design and of the spacious homes built for affluent residents when Huntington's north shore developed rapidly around the turn of the twentieth century. It retains a high degree of architectural integrity, as well as its landscaped grounds and harbor views.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by A.P.W. Kennan; architect unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent, with no threats known. It remains in use as a residence, and the interior is accessible by appointment only.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.492481-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85003502.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003502/18c4083edb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003502/18c4083edb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peggydowling","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A._P._W._Kennan_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Peggydowling</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:A._P._W._Kennan_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314759","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._W._Kennan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15177523"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/kennan-a-p-w-house-85003502/"}