{"nrhp_refnum":"92000555","name":"Terry-Ketcham Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"81 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Center Moriches","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.80232367900004,"lon":-72.78066328699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, nine-by-two-bay timber frame building at 81 Main Street (Montauk Highway) in Center Moriches, Suffolk County, New York, built in stages ca.1693, ca.1710 and 1790 and used as an inn and stagecoach stop.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare surviving example of early eighteenth century and Federal period architecture in the Center Moriches area. It incorporates a ca.1693 late settlement period dwelling into its final form. Despite fire damage, it retains its timber frame, floor plan and much historic fabric, and it reflects the community's eighteenth and nineteenth century development.","narrative":"Set along Montauk Highway in Center Moriches, this timber frame building grew in three stages. A small one-story cottage went up around 1693, a three-by-two-bay half-house followed around 1710, and in 1790 the half-house was tripled in size with a six-bay addition. The earliest cottage was attached at the rear and became a summer kitchen. The enlarged building served as an inn and stagecoach stop, run first by the Terry family and later by the Ketcham family, who held it from 1851 until 1918. Surviving features include hand-hewn gunstock posts, mortise-and-tenon joinery, wide plank floors, beaded beams, brick fireplaces and six-over-six windows. Mid-twentieth century changes added picture windows, siding and a commercial kitchen wing, and a 1989 fire damaged the interior. The building was recognized for its architecture as a rare local survivor of early eighteenth century and Federal period construction that incorporates a late settlement period dwelling.","period_of_significance":"ca.1693-ca.1790","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"No style/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Heavily damaged by a fire in 1989 but retaining its room configuration and much historic fabric; asphalt and vinyl siding were being removed as part of a restoration. Current function listed as museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.216131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000555/c1286df571-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000555/c1286df571-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ketcham Inn Foundation, Inc.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ketcham_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ketcham Inn Foundation, Inc.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ketcham_Inn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322280","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Ketcham_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7704023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/terry-ketcham-inn-92000555/"}