John Oakley House

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John Oakley House
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Location Sweet Hollow Rd., West Hills, New York
Coordinates 40°49′14″N73°25′31″W / 40.82056°N 73.42528°W / 40.82056; -73.42528 Coordinates: 40°49′14″N73°25′31″W / 40.82056°N 73.42528°W / 40.82056; -73.42528
Area 18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built 1780
Architect Oakley family
MPS Huntington Town MRA
NRHP reference # 85003501 [1]
Added to NRHP November 6, 1985

John Oakley House is a historic home located at West Hills in Suffolk County, New York. It is a 1 12-story, six-bay, gable-roofed dwelling with a 1-story, one-bay, gable-roofed west wing and one-bay, shed-roofed east wing. The original structure was built about 1720 and expanded in the 1780s. [2]

West Hills, New York Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States

West Hills is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,592 at the 2010 census. Residents have a Huntington postal address but much earlier in its history, West Hills had its own post office located on Jericho Turnpike. Also, it is adjacent to the hamlet of Woodbury.

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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