B. Ketchum House

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B. Ketchum House
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Location 237 Middleville Road,
Fort Salonga, New York
Coordinates 40°53′57″N73°17′51″W / 40.89917°N 73.29750°W / 40.89917; -73.29750 Coordinates: 40°53′57″N73°17′51″W / 40.89917°N 73.29750°W / 40.89917; -73.29750
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built c. 1765
MPS Huntington Town MRA
NRHP reference # 85002581 [1]
Added to NRHP September 26, 1985

B. Ketchum House is a historic home located in Fort Salonga in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. It is a 1 12-story, six-bay shingled dwelling. The main entrance features a four-pane transom, simple molded surround, and gable-roof canopy. It was built about 1765 on what is today the northwest corner of Middleville Road and Bread-and-Cheese Hollow Road, and representative of the early settlement of Huntington. [2]

Fort Salonga, New York Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States

Fort Salonga is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. At the 2010 census, the CDP population was 10,008. The name evolved from the Revolutionary War-era British Fort Salonga, or Fort Slongo, once located near the border of the towns of Huntington and Smithtown, overlooking Long Island Sound.

Huntington, New York Town in New York, United States

The Town of Huntington is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Founded in 1653, it is located on the north shore of Long Island in northwestern Suffolk County, with Long Island Sound to its north and Nassau County adjacent to the west. Huntington is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the United States 2010 Census, the town population was 203,264.

Suffolk County, New York County in the United States

Suffolk County is a predominantly suburban county on Long Island and the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 1,493,350, estimated to have decreased slightly to 1,492,953 in 2017, making it the fourth-most populous county in New York. Its county seat is Riverhead, though most county offices are in Hauppauge. The county was named after the county of Suffolk in England, from where its earliest European settlers came.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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