Robert Hawkins Homestead

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Robert Hawkins Homestead
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LocationYaphank Avenue, Yaphank, New York
Coordinates 40°49′4″N72°55′4″W / 40.81778°N 72.91778°W / 40.81778; -72.91778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1855
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 86000702 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 10, 1986

Robert Hawkins Homestead is a historic home located at Yaphank in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1855 and is a clapboard-sheathed, wood-frame building on a brick foundation. It has a symmetrical, two-story, three-bay, cruciform plan with low intersecting gable roofs in the Italianate style. It features a one-story verandah and a large central cupola on the building's rooftop. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, [1] and is directly across the street from the Homan-Gerard House and Mills.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Austin O'Brien (February 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Robert Hawkins Homestead". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-02-20.See also: "Accompanying two photos".

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