The Eliphas Buffett House is a historic house located at 159 West Rogues Path in
Cold Spring Harbor,
Suffolk County, New York.
Description and history
It consists of a two-story, three-bay-wide main structure built in about 1835, with a one-story, three-bay-wide east wing built in about 1800. The 1835 main structure is representative of the
Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
style. It features two elongated decorative brick chimneys and gable
dormers. It is a representative example of a large, upper-income single-family dwelling along Huntington's north shore. Also located on the property are a contributing barn and shed and the Buffett family
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
on September 26, 1985.
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1835
Houses in Suffolk County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York
Greek Revival houses in New York (state)
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