{"nrhp_refnum":"88000016","name":"House at 137 Prospect Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"137 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sea Cliff","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.84847456000006,"lon":-73.65018317799996,"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-story clapboard and shingled summer house at 137 Prospect Avenue in the village of Sea Cliff, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, built around 1870-1875. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinguished local example of picturesque Victorian-era domestic architecture designed for middle-income seasonal use. It reflects Sea Cliff's growth as a summer resort, and was one of the first summer houses in the village, built soon after the 1868 railroad station and as the Methodist camp meeting ground was being established. It retains a high level of architectural integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1870 as a single-family summer house, this two-story residence on Prospect Avenue in Sea Cliff reflects the village's early years as a seaside resort. It was constructed while the Methodist camp meeting ground was being established in 1871 and soon after the village railroad station opened in 1868, making it one of the first summer houses in the community. The house has a cross-gable and shallow-hipped roof, a central three-story tower with a multi-gabled roof and paired lancet windows, a two-story bay window, and a one-story porch with tapered Doric columns. Clapboards added around 1900 cover the original board and batten siding, and the second floor and gables are shingled. A rear wing was added in the 1960s. Inside, the original wide pine plank floors survive. The property is valued as a well-preserved example of Victorian summer-house architecture on a level, landscaped lot.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Picturesque Victorian-era domestic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is a private residence; condition is described as good, with a rear wing added in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.826116-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000016.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000016/d59c46f132-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000016/d59c46f132-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kenspencer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:137_Prospect_Ave,_Sea_Cliff,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenspencer</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:137_Prospect_Ave,_Sea_Cliff,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313769","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_137_Prospect_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5913940"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/house-at-137-prospect-avenue-88000016/"}