Nathaniel Conklin House

Nathaniel Conklin House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nathaniel Conklin House, 1936 HABS photo
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Location	280 Deer Park Ave., Babylon, New York
Coordinates	40°42′2″N73°19′23″W / 40.70056°N 73.32306°W / 40.70056; -73.32306
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1803
Architect	Nathaniel Conklin
Architectural style	Colonial, Federal, Postmedieval English
NRHP reference No.	88002683 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1988

The Nathaniel Conklin House is a historic house located at 280 Deer Park Avenue in Babylon, Suffolk County, New York.

Description

It was built in 1803 and consists of a rectangular main block and a smaller back extension. It has a two-story plus attic, five-bay-wide, frame building with an attached kitchen wing of one and one half stories. It was moved to its present site in 1871. It has been owned and operated by the American Red Cross since 1945. ^[2] As described by state records, the house is notable in its attention to craftsmanship. "The weather sheathing of this 1803 house is of hand-split and dressed shingles (except under the porch). These are butt-nailed with cut nails set and puttied."

National Register of Historic Places

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1988. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Robert D. Kuhn (September 1988). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Conklin, Nathaniel, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 28, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

Media related to Nathaniel Conklin House at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-542, " Nat Conklin House, 280 Deer Park Avenue, Babylon, Suffolk County, NY ", 19 photos, 13 measured drawings, 7 data pages