Pagan-Fletcher House is a historic home located at

Valley Stream Valley Stream is a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population in the Village of Valley Stream was 37,511 at the 2010 census. The incorporated Village of Valley Stream is within the Town of Hempstead, a ...

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. It was built about 1840 and is a two-story, clapboard sided dwelling, five bays wide with a shallow central

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. It has a one-story rear wing with an exterior end chimney. It was extensively remodeled in the early 20th century to the

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style, when the farmhouse was more than doubled in size. It is the only surviving 19th century structure in Valley Stream. The house was the site of the village's first

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. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1983. The house has been restored by the Valley Stream Historical Society to an early 20th-century appearance. It is open to the public on Sunday afternoons.

References

External links

Valley Stream Historical Society: Pagan-Fletcher Restoration
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1840 Houses in Nassau County, New York Museums in Nassau County, New York Historic house museums in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Nassau County, New York 1840 establishments in New York (state) {{NassauCountyNY-NRHP-stub