{"nrhp_refnum":"86002697","name":"Wickapogue Road Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Wickapogue Rd. between Narrow Ln. and Cobb Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southampton","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.88169238150007,"lon":-72.36508544414053,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A sparsely developed agricultural historic district on both sides of Wickapogue Road in the southeastern part of Southampton village, Suffolk County, New York. It contains six farmsteads with seventeen historic buildings dating from about 1684 to the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"It is described as a rare, cohesive group of largely intact farmsteads that show Southampton's agrarian settlement and agricultural growth from 1684 to 1910. It is the only area in the village that keeps its historic agrarian look and open space amid heavy development. Its buildings follow the long-lived local conservative building tradition, and the Halsey land is reputed to be the oldest farm in the United States continuously held by one family.","narrative":"Wickapogue Road Historic District preserves a stretch of working farmland in the southeastern part of Southampton village. Six farmsteads with seventeen historic buildings sit close to the road, separated by broad, flat, cultivated fields. The farms span about 1684 to the early twentieth century. Daniel Halsey bought land along the road soon after it was laid out in the late seventeenth century, and the Halsey farm is reputed to be the oldest in the United States to stay continuously in one family. The nearby White farmhouse includes a portion from the 1680s. Red Top Farm, built in 1895, was later sold to a wealthy New York City family as a summer retreat, reflecting the village's resort growth. The buildings share wood frame construction, shingle or clapboard sheathing, three- or five-bay plans and plain trim, following a local building tradition. The district matters because its open, uncompromised agricultural landscape is the only one of its kind left in a heavily developed village.","period_of_significance":"1684-1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Long Island conservative building tradition (wood frame, three- and five-bay plans, little decorative detail)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still primarily agricultural in appearance, with largely unaltered farmsteads; the surrounding area is under development pressure.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.052379-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002697.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002697/e654e7f7ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002697/e654e7f7ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wickapogue1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof (talk)</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:Wickapogue1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315009","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickapogue_Road_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7998253"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/wickapogue-road-historic-district-86002697/"}