House at 52 Frost Mill Road
Also known as: Turbillion
Why it's listed
This house on Frost Mill Road in Mill Neck, Nassau County, began as a modest colonial-era farmhouse and grew over two centuries. Records mention a house on the land in 1714, 1741 and 1763, and eighteenth-century framing survives in the attic, though the original builder and construction date are unknown. The property passed from the Wright and Frost families to the Underhills, who held it until 1907. In the nineteenth century it became a five-bay, center-hall house with a lean-to addition. After Katherine Culver Williams bought it in 1927, the house received dormers, a screened sleeping porch, a larger dining room with French doors and a period-style mantel, and an east wing with a modern kitchen. Barns, a henhouse and a shed were built to look colonial. It is valued as an example of a Long Island farmhouse repeatedly enlarged and then restyled in the Colonial Revival manner, with significance dated from about 1890 to 1944.
Significance in brief: The house is significant under Criterion C in architecture as a typical Long Island farmhouse enlarged over time, then given a Colonial Revival overlay in the early twentieth century. It reflects the period when wealthy city residents bought old farmhouses and updated them to evoke the colonial past. Documentary proof of an eighteenth-century construction date is lacking.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 11000598, listed August 24, 2011. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 52 Frost Mill Rd., Mill Neck |
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| County | Nassau County |
| Listed | August 24, 2011 |
| Reference number | 11000598 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | Ca. 1890-1944 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as a residence; current function is domestic/residence. A non-contributing carriage house and cottage were altered into modern residences. |
| Acreage | 4.3 |
| Coordinates | 40.88551, -73.56036 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 11000598.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q23091791
- This listing as JSON
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