Saint James District 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
St. James in
Smithtown Town,
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 includes 21 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and one contributing structure. Prominent buildings within the district are the Timothy Smith House (ca. 1800) and dependencies, "Deepwells" (1845–47) and dependencies,
Deepwells Farm Historical Society
/ref> St. James Episcopal Church and dependencies, the St. James Railroad Station (built in 1873), and St. James General Store (built in 1857). The newest structure, the 1922-built Saint James Fire Department was also included in the district, but was modernized in recent decades.[ ''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 1973.
Image gallery
File:Deepwells Farm Entrance(Saint James, New York).JPG, Deepwell's Farm along Taylor Lane.
File:Saint James General Store.JPG, The General Store on Moriches Road.
File:Saint James Station - Parking Lot.JPG, Saint James LIRR station along Lake Avenue South.
References
External links
Saint James Episcopal Church (Our History)St. James General Store (Suffolk County Department of Parks)Deepwells Farm (Suffolk County Department of Parks)Saint James Fire District
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state)
Historic districts in Suffolk County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York
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