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Box Hill Estate

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Box Hill Estate is a historic estate in St. James, Suffolk County, New York, whose main house served as the summer home of architect Stanford White. Built in 1885, the house is a rambling, multi-gabled structure surfaced in pebblestone dashed stucco, with a one-story verandah defined by fluted columns. The property also includes a contributing cottage, barn, carriage house, stable and water tower, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Historic house 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
New York, United States 3
Completed Year
1885 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
House 2
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Colonial Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Box Hill Estate (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Stucco, Architectural Materials
Source Box Hill Estate (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Box Hill Estate (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Hill_Estate, lead definition
    Box Hill Estate is a national historic district located in St. James in Suffolk County, New York.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Box Hill Estate is a historic estate in St. James, Suffolk County, New York, whose main house served as the summer home of architect Stanford White. Built in 1885, the house is a rambling, multi-gabled structure surfaced in pebblestone dashed stucco, with a one-story verandah defined by fluted columns. The property also includes a contributing cottage, barn, carriage house, stable and water tower, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1885)
    completion_date/completed = 1885
  • Uses Element: Stucco, Wikipedia lead
    It was built in 1885 and is a rambling, multi-gabled structure surfaced in pebblestone dashed stucco.
  • In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, Wikipedia infobox
    architecture: Neo-Colonial
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2. Box Hill Estate (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Wikidata item Q4951529, instance of (P31): historic house
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3. Box Hill Estate (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 386656): New York, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 386656): New York, United States
Wikidata item Q4951529, property P131/P17 (location): New York, United States
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