{"nrhp_refnum":"86002636","name":"Hicks Lumber Company Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1345 Old Northern Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roslyn","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.800455803000034,"lon":-73.64973415199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame commercial building at 1345 Old Northern Boulevard in the village of Roslyn, Nassau County, New York, built in 1920 and designed by George R. Thompson in Colonial Revival style.","why_significant":"The building is an unusual example of Colonial Revival commercial architecture, apparently designed to showcase the Hicks Lumber Company's stock of Colonial Revival millwork and details. Its portico recalls Mount Vernon, and it reflects the popularity of colonial taste in the early twentieth century. It also illustrates the variety of authentic building materials available to architects and builders.","narrative":"Built in 1920 near the center of Roslyn's business district, this two-story frame store was designed by George R. Thompson for the Hicks Lumber Company. It has a low hipped roof, wood shingle siding with broad exposures, and a projecting two-story portico reminiscent of Mount Vernon. Details include scored wooden spandrels made to resemble rusticated stone, a broken-pedimented entrance with pilasters, triglyphs on the entablature, mutules on the cornice, and a chinoiserie balustrade. The design appears to have been a deliberate showcase of the range of millwork and finishes the lumber firm sold, drawing on Georgian, Adamesque and Long Island vernacular sources. The Hicks family had been in the lumber business in Roslyn since the 1830s. The building is valued locally as a relatively intact and uncommon commercial expression of the Colonial Revival and of the antiquarian taste that was widely accepted in Roslyn in the 1920s and 1930s. Its interior has been altered, but the exterior remains largely original.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: George R. Thompson; builder unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition fair; interior altered several times and now houses small retail stores and offices; no threats known.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.071361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002636.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002636/267427b51e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002636/267427b51e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hicks_Lumber_Store;_Roslyn,_NY.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:Hicks_Lumber_Store;_Roslyn,_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313704","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicks_Lumber_Company_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5751384"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/hicks-lumber-company-store-86002636/"}