Hawkins Homestead Explained

Hawkins Homestead
Nearest City:Stony Brook, New York
Coordinates:40.9292°N -73.1386°W
Built:ca. 1660
Architect:Hawkins, Zachariah
Architecture:New England saltbox
Added:June 9, 1988
Refnum:88000727

Hawkins Homestead, also known as the Zachariah Hawkins Homestead, is a historic home located at 165 Christian Avenue in Stony Brook in Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County, New York. It was built originally about 1660 and is a saltbox-form dwelling. It has two principal components: a mid-17th-century -story house to the west and a large mid-18th-century (c. 1720 and 1750) and early-19th-century (c. 1812) -story addition to the east.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is south-west of the Bethel–Christian Avenue–Laurel Hill Historical District at 165 Christian Ave.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hawkins Homestead. April 1988. 2010-02-20 . Robert D. Kuhn. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 12 photos.