Pleasants House

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Pleasants House

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Pleasants House, September 2008
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Location NY 27, Amagansett, New York
Coordinates 40°58′32″N72°8′23″W / 40.97556°N 72.13972°W / 40.97556; -72.13972 Coordinates: 40°58′32″N72°8′23″W / 40.97556°N 72.13972°W / 40.97556; -72.13972
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1860
Architect Eldridge, George
NRHP reference # 84002999 [1]
Added to NRHP February 2, 1984

Pleasants House is a historic home located at Amagansett in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in the late 1860s and is a two-story frame residence with a three bay central block, side and rear wings, gable roofs, and front porches. [2]

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

Amagansett is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP population was 1,165. Amagansett hamlet was founded in 1680.

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 1984. [1]

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