{"nrhp_refnum":"88001029","name":"Briar Patch Road Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"End of Briar Patch Rd. along Georgica Pond","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Hampton","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.94248373450003,"lon":-72.22728745978743,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 30-acre historic district of six residences and one outbuilding along Briar Patch Road beside Georgica Pond, in the northeastern part of the village of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York. The buildings date from 1897 to 1932.","why_significant":"The district is significant as an enclave of late nineteenth and early twentieth century houses and studios developed by members of East Hampton's art community. Its secluded wooded setting beside Georgica Pond attracted painters, sculptors and other artists, and the houses show Shingle, Colonial Revival and local eighteenth-century vernacular influences. It is the only surviving concentration of buildings from this artists' era that remains in its historic setting.","narrative":"Briar Patch Road is a narrow, unpaved lane running west toward Georgica Pond in the village of East Hampton. Along it sits a small group of seven contributing buildings, six houses and a garage, built between 1897 and 1932. Artists drawn to the area's wooded, private setting built many of them as seasonal retreats. Early residents included painters Robert and Amanda Sewell, sculptor John Heywood Roudebush, playwright Augustus Thomas and New York architect James Lawrence Aspinwall. Most buildings are shingled frame houses. Several, including the Roudebush and Aspinwall houses, have modified saltbox forms recalling East Hampton's eighteenth-century architecture. The 1897 Howard Ogden Wood House is a Shingle style example. The last major house, built in 1931-1932 for surgeon Shephard Krech and designed by Arthur C. Jackson, is a fine Colonial Revival mansion. Other East Hampton artists' properties exist elsewhere, but this is the only surviving concentration still in its historic setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Arthur C. Jackson (Shephard Krech House); James Lawrence Aspinwall possibly designed several of the houses","architectural_style":"Shingle style, Colonial Revival, and designs recalling East Hampton's eighteenth-century vernacular traditions","criteria":[],"status_note":"The Simmons house was severely damaged by fire around 1985 and was excluded from the district. The Sewell house was demolished in 1930. The Abbott Servants' House is now a private residence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.001054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88001029.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001029/0d850a2868-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001029/0d850a2868-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Briar-patch1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</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:Briar-patch1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314765","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briar_Patch_Road_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965775"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/briar-patch-road-historic-district-88001029/"}