Rock Hall is a historic home located at
Lawrence in
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County ( ) is a suburban County (United States), county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south. As of the 2020 United St ...
. It was built about 1767 and stands on a
manorial, park-like setting overlooking
Jamaica Bay
Jamaica Bay (also known as Grassy Bay) is an estuary on the southern portion of the western tip of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The estuary is partially man-made, and partially natural. The bay connects with Lo ...
. It is a -story,
Georgian-style frame dwelling, with a T-shaped frame wing. It is five bays wide, with a central
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...
shielding the main entry. During the early 1950s the town of
Hempstead restored Rock Hall to its 18th-century appearance.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1976.
References
External links
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Rock Hall Museum website
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1767
Five Towns
Historic house museums in New York (state)
Museums in Nassau County, New York
Houses in Nassau County, New York
1767 establishments in the Province of New York
National Register of Historic Places in Nassau County, New York
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