Thomas Dodge Homestead

Thomas Dodge Homestead
Location 58 Harbor Rd., Port Washington, New York
Coordinates 40°50′20″N 73°41′51″W / 40.83889°N 73.69750°W / 40.83889; -73.69750Coordinates: 40°50′20″N 73°41′51″W / 40.83889°N 73.69750°W / 40.83889; -73.69750
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1721
NRHP Reference # 86001387[1]
Added to NRHP June 26, 1986

Thomas Dodge Homestead is a historic home located at Port Washington in Nassau County, New York. It is a settlement era farmhouse dated to 1721 with additions completed about 1750 and in 1903. It is a  1 1⁄2-story, L-shaped heavy timber-frame building sheathed with natural cedar wood shingles. The main block has a saltbox shape and there is a nearly square,  1 1⁄2-story gable-roofed wing. Also on the property are a contributing barn (1880), privy (1886), chicken coop, and shed.[2] It is operated as a historic house museum by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, which has its headquarters in the Sands-Willets Homestead, another historic house museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Robert T. Englert (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Thomas Dodge Homestead". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-30. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".


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