Rock Hall (Lawrence, New York)

	Rock Hall
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Main façade of Rock Hall
	Location within Long Island Location within New York Location within the United States
Location	199 Broadway,; Lawrence, New York
Coordinates	40°36′32″N 73°44′5″W / 40.60889°N 73.73472°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	c. 1767
Architectural style	Georgian, Federal
Website	friendsofrockhall.org
NRHP reference No.	76001230
Added to NRHP	November 21, 1976

Rock Hall is a historic house museum and park owned and operated by the Town of Hempstead, located within Lawrence, a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

History

The house was built about 1767 by Josiah Martin (1699–1778), a British sugar planter from the West Indian island of Antigua, and stands on a manorial, park-like setting overlooking Jamaica Bay. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, Georgian-style frame dwelling, with a T-shaped frame wing. It is five bays wide, with a central portico shielding the main entry. During the early 1950s, the Town of Hempstead restored the house to its original appearance.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ Ellen F. Rosebrock and Raymond W. Smith (July 1976). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Rock Hall. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

Geographic data related to Rock Hall (Lawrence, New York) at OpenStreetMap
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-534, "Rock Hall, Broadway, Lawrence, Nassau County, NY", 13 photos, 20 measured drawings, 7 data pages
Media related to Rock Hall (Lawrence, New York) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Ellen F. Rosebrock and Raymond W. Smith (July 1976). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Rock Hall. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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