James William Beekman House, also known as "The Cliffs," is a historic home located at Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay (town), New York

The Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the town population was...

 in Nassau County, New York

Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

. It was designed by noted English architect Henry G. Harrison in 1863 and built for New York Hospital

New York Hospital

New York Hospital or “Old New York Hospital” or “City Hospital” was the oldest hospital in New York City and the second oldest hospital in the United States.-Early History:...

 vice-president James William Beekman

James William Beekman

James William Beekman was vice president of the New York Hospital.-Biography:He was born in New York City on November 22, 1815...

 (1815-1877). It is a two story rectangular wood frame dwelling with a steeply sloped, cross gable roof in the Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 style. It features hipped roof dormer

Dormer

A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often...

s, a relatively simple one story verandah

Verandah

A veranda or verandah is a roofed opened gallery or porch. It is also described as an open pillared gallery, generally roofed, built around a central structure...

, and is situated on a flat plateau atop a rocky outcropping. Also on the property are a superintendent's cottage, stable, carriage house

Carriage house

A carriage house, also called remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.In Great Britain the farm building was called a Cart Shed...

, brick greenhouse, potting house, and the Spring Lake archaeological site

Archaeological site

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1973.