{"nrhp_refnum":"88000006","name":"House at 240 Sea Cliff Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"240 Sea Cliff Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sea Cliff","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.74989412600007,"lon":-73.64755950599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story Victorian house at 240 Sea Cliff Avenue in the village of Sea Cliff, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, built in 1888 as a Methodist parsonage. It sits on a narrow lot of less than one acre.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a distinguished late nineteenth century summer house tied to Sea Cliff's growth as a seaside resort. It was the second parsonage built by the village's Methodist congregation. It shows eclectic late Victorian features and survives as a rare resort-era residence in the dense central business district.","narrative":"Built in 1888, this house at 240 Sea Cliff Avenue began as a Methodist parsonage, the second one the congregation built in the village of Sea Cliff, and it is now a private residence. It is an irregular two and one-half story building with multiple cross-gable roofs and a central three-story tower with a tent roof. Saw-tooth shingles cover the gable ends and tower, while clapboard covers the main body. A pedimented canopy with scroll-sawn bargeboard marks the entrance. An east wing was added in 1908, and the original front porch was removed in the 1930s. The house was built as Sea Cliff changed from a Methodist camp meeting ground into a fashionable resort near New York City. Today it is a rare surviving resort-era residence in the commercial center of the village. Its asymmetrical composition, decorative sheathing, varied windows and engaged tower illustrate the village's Victorian architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic late Victorian era architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; condition marked deteriorated on the inventory form, though the exterior is described as relatively unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.718591-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000006.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000006/875e1ba68a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000006/875e1ba68a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Antony-22","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:240_Sea_Cliff_Avenue_2015.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony-22</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:240_Sea_Cliff_Avenue_2015.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313763","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_240_Sea_Cliff_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914158"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/house-at-240-sea-cliff-avenue-88000006/"}