{"nrhp_refnum":"89002021","name":"Smith-Rourke House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"350 S. Country Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Patchogue","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.762001919000056,"lon":-72.97854240599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame house built in 1837 and a mid-nineteenth century carriage barn on South Country Road in East Patchogue, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. The house was built by Captain William Smith, Jr., and sits on a lot of slightly over one acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinguished, intact example of vernacular Greek Revival architecture on Long Island, with some Italianate influence in its cubic form, cupola and window lintels. It reflects the prosperity of the sea-oriented economy of the Patchogue area in the mid-nineteenth century. Its Tower of the Winds column capitals are noted as an unusual detail, and the carriage barn complements the house.","narrative":"Built in 1837 for Captain William Smith, Jr., a successful sea captain turned gentleman farmer, this large house on South Country Road in East Patchogue remains a single-family home on a lot of just over one acre. The two-story, five-bay wood-frame building has a hipped tin roof, a central cupola, full-height corner pilasters, dentiled cornices and a six-column front porch topped with Tower of the Winds capitals. Its form and cupola also show touches of the emerging Italianate style. A mid-nineteenth century carriage barn with decorative stickwork stands behind it. The house was part of a 112-acre farm tract that was gradually subdivided after Smith's death in 1861; it passed to Charles Rourke in 1864. Its significance rests on architecture: it is a well-preserved example of the pattern-book Greek Revival homes built for prosperous Long Island families, and it keeps most of its original floor plan, ornament and fireplaces.","period_of_significance":"1837-1861","architect_builder":"William Smith, Jr. (builder, a sea captain)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival; Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains in residential use as a single dwelling; integrity is described as excellent apart from limited alterations such as stuccoed foundation and chimneys and a remodeled rear dining room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.192889-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89002021.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002021/cece1b623d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002021/cece1b623d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smith-Rourke_House;_East_Patchogue,_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Smith-Rourke_House;_East_Patchogue,_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322256","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Rourke_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7544931"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/smith-rourke-house-89002021/"}