Gilsey Mansion

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Gilsey Mansion
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Location36 Browns Rd., Huntington, New York
Coordinates 40°53′39″N73°26′7″W / 40.89417°N 73.43528°W / 40.89417; -73.43528 Coordinates: 40°53′39″N73°26′7″W / 40.89417°N 73.43528°W / 40.89417; -73.43528
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1900
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Huntington Town MRA
NRHP reference No. 85002525 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1985

Gilsey Mansion is a historic home located at Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. It is a large, seven-bay, two-story clapboard, T-shaped residence with a hipped roof, built about 1900 in the Colonial Revival style. A four-bay, two-story gable-roofed wing projects to the rear. It features a porte cochere on tapered Doric order columns and a pedimented portico. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. NYS Parks & Recreation (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gilsey Mansion". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-02-20.