Cobble Villa | |
Location | 657 Laurelton Blvd, Long Beach, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°35′33.3″N73°40′22.1″W / 40.592583°N 73.672806°W Coordinates: 40°35′33.3″N73°40′22.1″W / 40.592583°N 73.672806°W |
Area | 0.32 acres (0.13 ha) |
Built | c. 1912 |
Built by | Elmohar Company |
Architectural style | Mediterranean Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 14001214 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 27, 2015 |
Cobble Villa, also known as Villa Clara, is a historic home located at Long Beach in Nassau County, New York. It was built about 1912, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, asymmetrical Mediterranean Revival style brick and stuccoed dwelling. It consists of an "L"-shaped core, a two-story gambrel roofed addition, and a one-story porte cochere. The building has a varied, multi-gabled roofline covered in red terra cotta tile. It was built as the nascent resort's first showpiece and a demonstration of its developer's vision. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]
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