{"nrhp_refnum":"88002683","name":"Conklin, Nathaniel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"280 Deer Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Babylon","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.70076598400004,"lon":-73.32257889899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay frame house with a one-and-one-half-story kitchen wing at 280 Deer Park Avenue in the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, built circa 1803 for Nathaniel Conklin and moved to its present site in 1871.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinguished, largely intact example of Federal period domestic architecture on Long Island and the oldest remaining house in the town of Babylon. It shows regional building traditions such as hewn timber framing, fourteen-inch wood shingles and eight-over-eight sash. It also keeps Victorian alterations from its 1871 use in a resort hotel complex.","narrative":"Built around 1803 for Nathaniel Conklin, this frame house on Deer Park Avenue in Babylon, New York, is the oldest surviving house in the town of Babylon. It has two stories, five bays, a center hall and a smaller kitchen wing. Originally built at the corner of Main Street and Deer Park Avenue, it was moved about three blocks north in 1871 and became part of a resort hotel complex. Much early fabric remains, including hewn timber framing, wood shingles with a fourteen-inch exposure, eight-over-eight sash, Federal mantels, and the original staircase. Victorian-era changes from the move include the wraparound porch, tall French windows, decorative cornices and a marble mantel. The house was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936. It is considered significant as a rare early nineteenth-century survivor in a heavily built-up community and as a well-known local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1803-1871","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial/Postmedieval English; Early Republic/Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned and used by the American Red Cross since 1945; the upper story of the kitchen wing is in poor condition after years of disuse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.8974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002683/ce8979d8d6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002683/ce8979d8d6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nat_Conklin_House,_280_Deer_Park_Avenue,_Babylon_(Suffolk_County,_New_York).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nat_Conklin_House,_280_Deer_Park_Avenue,_Babylon_(Suffolk_County,_New_York).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Conklin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969549"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/conklin-nathaniel-house-88002683/"}