Christ Building (Sea Cliff, New York) Explained

Christ Building
Location:	357-359 Sea Cliff Ave., Sea Cliff, New York
Coordinates:	40.8494°N -73.6497°W
Built:	c.
Architecture:	Second Empire
Added:	January 4, 2012
Area:	Less than
Refnum:	11001002^[1]

The Christ Building (also known as Harlan's General Store) is a historic commercial building located at 357-359 Sea Cliff Avenue in Sea Cliff, Nassau County, New York.

Description and history

It was built in about 1880, and is a three-story, Second Empire style frame building. It has a hexagonal slate mansard roof and is clad with wood shingles. The building houses a store on the first floor and two rental units on the upper floors. The building was built during the period when Sea Cliff functioned as a Methodist camp and originally housed a bakery and store on the first floor and boarding rooms on the upper floors.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2012-01-13. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/03/12 through 1/06/12 . National Park Service.
2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-02-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Christ Building . 2016-02-01 . Virginia L. Bartos . PDF . October 2011 . and Accompanying photographs