Douglaston Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Douglaston Historic District

Douglaston, Queens County, New York
Listed
August 31, 2005
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
05000937

About this property

Douglaston–Little Neck is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Queens. The community is located on the North Shore of Long Island, bordered to the east by the region of Great Neck in Nassau County, to the south by Glen Oaks and the North Shore Towers, and to the west by Bayside. The neighborhood is composed of two main sections. Little Neck is generally used to refer to the area east of Marathon Parkway and/or north of Northern Boulevard, while Douglaston is the rest of the neighborhood; these classifications may overlap depending on different interpretations of neighborhood boundaries. Each of these areas has several subsections.

Location

Douglaston, Queens County, New York
40.77693, -73.74995

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 05000937. It was listed on August 31, 2005.

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Douglaston Hill Historic District
Early Republic
0.7 mi

Nearby Battles

Action at Throg's Neck
1776Revolutionary War
3.9 mi
Battle of Pelham
1776Revolutionary War
6.6 mi
Action at Pell's Point
1776Revolutionary War
7.3 mi
Battle of Pelham (Pell's Point)
1776Revolutionary War
8.6 mi

Questions about this property

When was Douglaston Historic District listed on the National Register?

Douglaston Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Douglaston Historic District?

Douglaston Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Douglaston Historic District?

The period of significance for Douglaston Historic District is recorded as the listed era.

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