James William Beekman House

	James William Beekman House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location within New York
Location	West Shore Rd.,; Oyster Bay, New York
Coordinates	40°52′45″N 73°32′49″W / 40.87917°N 73.54694°W
Area	37 acres (15 ha)
Built	1863-1864
Architect	Harrison, Henry G.
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, "Rural Gothic"
NRHP reference No.	73001212
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1973

The James William Beekman House (also known as "The Cliffs") is a historic house located on West Shore Road in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York.

Description and history

It was designed by noted English architect Henry G. Harrison in 1863 and built for New York Hospital vice-president James William Beekman (1815-1877). It is a two-story, rectangular wood-framed dwelling with a steeply sloped, cross-gabled roof designed in the Gothic Revival style. It features hipped roof dormers, a relatively simple one story verandah, and is situated on a flat plateau atop a rocky outcropping. Also on the property are a superintendent's cottage, stable, carriage house, brick greenhouse, potting house, and the Spring Lake archaeological site.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973 and again on March 13, 1989 .^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ Lynn Beebe Weaver and Lenore Rennenkampf (August 1973). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Beekman, James William, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

The Cliffs (Old Long Island)

[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Lynn Beebe Weaver and Lenore Rennenkampf (August 1973). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Beekman, James William, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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