{"nrhp_refnum":"97001202","name":"Southold Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Along Main Rd., roughly bounded by Jockey Creek Dr., Griswold St., Long Island RR Tracks, and Wells Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southold","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":41.06024103400006,"lon":-72.43246785553653,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 3 1/2 blocks along Main Road (NY 25) and four side streets in the hamlet of Southold, Suffolk County, on Long Island's North Fork, with buildings dating from about 1656 to 1938.","why_significant":"The district preserves the original English settlement street plan from the 1640s and 1650s and a concentration of houses, churches and school buildings representing roughly three centuries of local development. The buildings show the progression from early Cape Cod and half houses to Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Spanish Revival work, including renovations by the local George W. Smith and Sons firm. The boundaries were drawn around resources that retain historic scale, street pattern and setting.","narrative":"Along Main Road in the hamlet of Southold, on the North Fork of Long Island, a district of roughly three and a half blocks preserves the plan of one of New York's earliest English settlements. Home lots along the old Town Street were allotted by 1656, and side streets such as Horton Lane, Tucker Lane, Oaklawn Avenue and Wells Avenue grew up at right angles to it. The district holds 89 contributing resources, mainly houses, from early Cape Cod and \"half house\" types to Italianate, Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Neoclassical Revival designs. Three prominent religious complexes stand here, including the Spanish Revival St. Patrick's Church and Rectory of 1926-27, designed by A. F. Meissner. Also included are a Civil War monument of 1887 and the 1923 Southold School. The local firm George W. Smith and Sons reshaped many older houses in the early twentieth century. Houses sit close together on generous lots with uniform setbacks and mature trees.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A. F. Meissner (St. Patrick's Church and Rectory); George W. Smith and Sons, builders (Cleveland-King House and other alterations)","architectural_style":"Colonial/Postmedieval English, Federal, Greek and Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical and Spanish Revivals","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly residential, with churches, a school and a cemetery still in use. Some houses now serve as an American Legion hall, offices, a bed and breakfast and a group home. The Newbold House is described as dilapidated but retaining integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:49.922983-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97001202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001202/1cdd9e37c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001202/1cdd9e37c4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southold-universalist-church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322260","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southold_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7570917"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/southold-historic-district-97001202/"}