George W. Denton House is a historic home located at Flower Hill

Flower Hill, New York

Flower Hill is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The eastern half is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Village of Roslyn. Western and northern parts are in Manhasset and Port Washington. The population was 4,665 at the 2010 census.The...

 in Nassau County, New York

Nassau County, New York

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. It was built in 1873 and is a rectangular, 2-story wood frame building with a two stage rear service ell in a vernacular Italian Villa

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

 style. It features a -story engaged tower, semi-octagonal bay windows, and an "L" shaped wraparound 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...

. Also on the property is a brick ice house built into the side of a hill.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1985.