Denton Homestead
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Denton Homestead | |
 Denton Homestead, September 2015 | |
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| Location | 60 Denton Ave., East Rockaway, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°38′33″N 73°39′45.72″W / 40.64250°N 73.6627000°W |
| Area | 0.46 acres (0.19 ha) |
| Built | c. 1795, c. 1900, 1924 |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000913[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 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+1⁄2-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]
