Thomas Dodge Homestead

The Thomas Dodge Homestead is a historic home in Port Washington, Nassau County, New York.

Thomas Dodge Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	58 Harbor Rd., Port Washington, New York
Coordinates	40°50′20″N 73°41′51″W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1721
NRHP reference No.	86001387[1]
Added to NRHP	June 26, 1986

Description

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

See also

• Sands-Willets Homestead
• Sands Barn
• Main Street School
• Monfort Cemetery