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Denton Homestead

Coordinates: 40°38′33″N 73°39′54″W / 40.64250°N 73.66500°W / 40.64250; -73.66500
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Denton Homestead
Denton Homestead, September 2015
Denton Homestead is located in New York
Denton Homestead
Denton Homestead is located in the United States
Denton Homestead
Location474 Ocean Ave., East Rockaway, New York
Coordinates40°38′33″N 73°39′54″W / 40.64250°N 73.66500°W / 40.64250; -73.66500
Area0.46 acres (0.19 ha)
Builtc. 1795 (1795), c. 1900, 1924
Architectural styleColonial, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.14000913[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 2014

Denton Homestead is a historic home located at East Rockaway in Nassau County, New York. It was built as a tavern about 1795, and is a 1+12-story, five-bay, center-hall-plan, vernacular Colonial style frame dwelling. The Denton family bought it in 1808 and converted to a residential farmhouse.[2] It has a side-gable roof and a hipped roof addition added after the house was moved to its present location in 1924. The front facade features a full-width, shed-roofed front porch. The interior features some Colonial Revival style design elements. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house (c. 1900). The house is a rare surviving former tavern and farmhouse from the village's early period.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/10/14 through 11/14/14. National Park Service. 2014-11-21.
  2. ^ "East Rockaway house a piece of history". Herald Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  3. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes Jennifer Betsworth (August 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Denton Homestead" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine