{"nrhp_refnum":"88000510","name":"Rectory of St. George's Episcopal Church","other_names":["Rectory of Historic St. George's Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"217 Peninsula Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hempstead","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.70517172700005,"lon":-73.62123893499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story frame rectory at 217 Peninsula Boulevard in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, built in 1793 for St. George's Episcopal parish and designed by Timothy Clowes.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare surviving late eighteenth-century residence in Hempstead and the oldest extant residence in the village. It exemplifies Long Island's settlement-era building tradition and is tied to the oldest Episcopal congregation on Long Island. Later nineteenth-century embellishments reflect the parish's continued prosperity.","narrative":"Built in 1793 for the parish of St. George's Episcopal Church, this rectory in Hempstead, Nassau County, is a two-and-one-half story shingled frame house with a gambrel roof, a five-bay front and a center entrance. Timothy Clowes, who also designed the present church of 1823, was engaged as its designer. Parishioners funded it through voluntary donations and brought hewn oak beams to the site. It replaced a 1682 parsonage on the same ground. The house shows the regional building tradition of Long Island, including wide wood shingle siding, double-hung sash windows and little ornament. Nineteenth-century changes included dormers, an Italianate portico and a later Colonial Revival verandah, while the interior keeps its center-hall plan, wide plank floors, wainscoting and mantelpieces. It is the oldest surviving residence in the village. Peter Cooper was married in its parlor in 1813. The land between rectory and church, once a common pasture, is now a parking lot, leaving the house isolated among urban surroundings.","period_of_significance":"1793-1899","architect_builder":"Timothy Clowes","architectural_style":"Long Island settlement-era vernacular architecture, with later Italianate portico and Colonial Revival verandah additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition and unaltered, with a private residence use; the exterior and interior retain a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.844785-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000510.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000510/831a0bbdb8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000510/831a0bbdb8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"E.P. MacFarland, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._George%27s_Rectory,_Prospect_%26_Greenwich_Streets,_Hempstead_(Nassau_County,_New_York).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">E.P. MacFarland, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._George%27s_Rectory,_Prospect_%26_Greenwich_Streets,_Hempstead_(Nassau_County,_New_York).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319181","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108822569"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/rectory-of-st-georges-episcopal-church-88000510/"}