William Floyd House

William Floyd House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	20 Washington Ave., Mastic Beach, New York
Coordinates	40°46′9″N 72°49′21″W / 40.76917°N 72.82250°W / 40.76917; -72.82250Coordinates: 40°46′9″N 72°49′21″W / 40.76917°N 72.82250°W / 40.76917; -72.82250
Area	611 acres (247 ha)
Built	1774
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP Reference #	71000066^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1980

William Floyd House, also known as Nicholl Floyd House and Old Mastic House, was a home of William Floyd, a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, in Mastic Beach, New York. It was his home from 1734 until 1803. This home is distinct from Gen. William Floyd House, his later home in Westernville, New York, that is also on the National Register and which was designated a National Historic Landmark.

The two William Floyd houses are believed to be the only surviving homes in New York of signers of the Declaration of Independence. The Mastic home is "reputed to be the best preserved and oldest manor house" in its part of Long Island.^[2]^[3]

It is located about .29 miles south of Washington Ave. and Wavecrest Drive in Mastic Beach. The home was built by Nicholl Floyd, who was William Floyd's father, and was given to William's son, also named Nicholl Floyd. The house was visited by Marquis de Lafayette and others.^[2]

The house is owned by the National Park Service as part of Fire Island National Seashore, although it's not on Fire Island itself.

References

↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 John C. Poppeliers (December 1964). "General William Floyd House, HABS No. NY-5437". Historic American Buildings Survey. Historic American Buildings Survey.
↑ Anne Booth (July 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: William Floyd House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20.

External links

Media related to William Floyd Estate (Mastic Beach, New York) at Wikimedia Commons

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