Robert Hawkins Homestead
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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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1986, and is directly across the street from the Homan-Gerard House and Mills
.
Yaphank, New York
Yaphank is a census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,025 at the 2000 census.Yaphank is a community in the south part of the Town of Brookhaven...
in Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...
. 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
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
style. It features a one story verandah
Verandah
A veranda or verandah is a roofed opened gallery or porch. It is also described as an open pillared gallery, generally roofed, built around a central structure...
and a large central cupola
Cupola
In architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like, structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome....
on the building's rooftop.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1986, and is directly across the street from the Homan-Gerard House and Mills
Homan-Gerard House and Mills
Homan-Gerard House and Mills is a historic home and mill complex located at Yaphank in Suffolk County, New York. It is composed of a large Federal-style residence , four contributing related support buildings, and six contributing related archaeological sites. The house is a -story frame...
.