Thomas Dodge Homestead

Thomas Dodge Homestead is a historic home in Port Washington, Nassau County, New York. It is a settlement-era farmhouse dated to 1721 with additions completed in approximately 1750 and 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.

Thomas Dodge Homestead
Location58 Harbor Rd., Port Washington, New York
Coordinates40°50′20″N 73°41′51″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1721
NRHP reference No.86001387[1]
Added to NRHPJune 26, 1986

Thomas Dodge Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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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