Kate Annette Wetherill Estate is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Head of the Harbor in

Suffolk County, New York Suffolk County () is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York. It is mainly located on the eastern end of Long Island, but also includes several smaller islands. According to the 2020 United States census, the county's populatio ...

. The district encompasses an estate with three contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and two contributing structures. The estate house was designed by

Stanford White Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect. He was also a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms. He designed many houses for the rich, in additio ...

in 1895 in the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style The main block of the house is two stories with a full attic formed of facade gables corresponding to an octagonal form. A large -story, gable-roofed service wing projects to the east. Also on the property is a pump house, rose garden, stone entrance piers with iron gate, carriage barn, and superintendent's cottage. ''See also:'' It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1993.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Carriage houses in the United States Houses in Suffolk County, New York Stanford White buildings Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York {{SuffolkCountyNY-NRHP-stub