Thomas Dodge Homestead
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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 -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, -story gable-roofed wing. Also on the property are a contributing barn (1880), privy
(1886), chicken coop
, and shed. 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.
Port Washington, New York
Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the community population was 15,846....
in Nassau County, New York
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
. It is a settlement era farmhouse dated to 1721 with additions completed about 1750 and in 1903. It is a -story, L-shaped heavy timber-frame building sheathed with natural cedar wood
Cedar wood
Cedar wood comes from several different trees that grow in different parts of the world, and may have different uses.* California incense-cedar, from Calocedrus decurrens, is the primary type of wood used for making pencils...
shingles. The main block has a saltbox
Saltbox
A saltbox is a building with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house. A saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front...
shape and there is a nearly square, -story gable-roofed wing. Also on the property are a contributing barn (1880), privy
Outhouse
An outhouse is a small structure separate from a main building which often contained a simple toilet and may possibly also be used for housing animals and storage.- Terminology :...
(1886), chicken coop
Chicken coop
A chicken coop is a building where female chickens are kept. Inside there are often nest boxes for egg laying and perches on which the birds can sleep, although coops for meat birds seldom have either of these features....
, and shed. It is operated as a historic house museum by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, which has its headquarters in the Sands-Willets Homestead
Sands-Willets Homestead
Sands-Willets Homestead is a historic home located at Port Washington in Nassau County, New York. It is a 20-room, shingled 2-story building with an enlarged porch and porte cochere. The west wing dates to about 1735 and was originally a four-bay, -story house with end chimneys over a full basement...
, another historic house museum.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1986.