Rock Hall (Lawrence, New York)
Historic house museum in New York, United States
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Rock Hall is a historic house museum and park owned and operated by the Town of Hempstead, located within Lawrence, a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.
Lawrence, New York
Rock Hall | |
Main façade of Rock Hall | |
  Location on Long Island  Location within the state of New York  Location within the Contiguous United States | |
| Location | 199 Broadway, Lawrence, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′32″N 73°44′5″W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1767 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Federal |
| Website | friendsofrockhall |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001230[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1976 |
History
The house was built about 1767 by Josiah Martin (1699–1778), a British sugar planter from the West Indian island of Antigua, and stands on a manorial, park-like setting overlooking Jamaica Bay. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, Georgian-style frame dwelling, with a T-shaped frame wing. It is five bays wide, with a central portico shielding the main entry. During the early 1950s, the Town of Hempstead restored the house to its original appearance.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
