Obadiah Smith House

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Obadiah Smith House

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Obadiah Smith House, 1963
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Location 853 Saint Johnland Road, Hamlet of San Remo, Kings Park, New York
Coordinates 40°53′38″N73°13′47″W / 40.89389°N 73.22972°W / 40.89389; -73.22972 Coordinates: 40°53′38″N73°13′47″W / 40.89389°N 73.22972°W / 40.89389; -73.22972
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built c. 1708
Architect unknown
Architectural style Colonial, Federal
NRHP reference # 96001422 [1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1996

Obadiah Smith House is a historic home located at Kings Park in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1708 and is a two-story, heavy timber frame, five-bay center entrance dwelling, with a side gable roof and interior end chimneys. It is operated as a house museum by the Smithtown Historical Society. [2]

Kings Park, New York Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States

Kings Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, United States, on Long Island. The population was 17,282 as of the 2010 census. It is an unincorporated hamlet of Smithtown, New York

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 1996. [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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