{"nrhp_refnum":"86002637","name":"Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"180 Davenport Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Rochelle","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.90108075200004,"lon":-73.77092391499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone and frame house at 180 Davenport Avenue on Davenport Neck in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. The oldest part dates to about 1690-1710, with later enlargements and alterations through about 1920.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be architecturally significant as a record of two centuries of change, from a Huguenot pioneer stone house to a mid-eighteenth century Dutch-type vernacular farmhouse to a Victorian Picturesque country seat. It is also tied to three prominent families, the Lispenards, Rodmans and Davenports, and to the milling, commercial and residential growth of New Rochelle and Davenport Neck.","narrative":"Set on about one acre of what was once a large farm on Davenport Neck, this New Rochelle house is reputedly the oldest surviving house in the city. Its eastern stone section is attributed to Antoine Lispenard, a Huguenot who occupied the property from about 1690 to 1732. Quaker miller Joseph Rodman bought it in 1732 and enlarged it into a center-hall stone farmhouse in the Dutch vernacular tradition. The Davenport family owned it from 1784 until 1913. They added a stone kitchen wing and later gave the house a broad gambrel roof, cupola and Victorian interiors. Colonial Revival details in the hall and parlor date from the Iselin ownership after 1915. A well house survives near the kitchen wing. A moved eighteenth-century barn, now a residence, and a 1950s garage do not contribute to the property's significance. The house is valued as a record of growth across more than two centuries and of three prominent local families.","period_of_significance":"c1708-c1920","architect_builder":"various, unknown","architectural_style":"Dutch vernacular farmhouse form with Georgian, Victorian Picturesque and Colonial Revival alterations","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, altered, and occupied as a private residence; the moved barn has been converted to 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 02:50:44.841606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002637.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002637/a1af8a1699-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002637/a1af8a1699-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55-VictorM","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport_House,_180_Davenport_Ave._New_Rochelle,_(Main_building).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55-VictorM</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:Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport_House,_180_Davenport_Ave._New_Rochelle,_(Main_building).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323089","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lispenard%E2%80%93Rodman%E2%80%93Davenport_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6559097"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/lispenard-rodman-davenport-house-86002637/"}