Brush Farmstead
Why it's listed
Along busy Greenlawn Road in Huntington, a 2.5-acre farmstead preserves the remnants of a once sixty-acre farm. Luther Brush received the land from his father in the early 1870s and had built the main house and set up a working farm by 1873. Devine Monger bought the property in the late 1870s and soon added a caretaker's cottage across the road, designed in the same style as the main house. Both buildings have clapboard walls, tall dormered mansard roofs, two-over-two windows and decorative bracketing typical of the Second Empire style. The farmhouse stands two and one-half stories, while the cottage is a smaller version. Two barns, a privy, sheds and other outbuildings, mostly dating to the turn of the century, complete the group. Surrounded by mid-twentieth century housing, the farmstead is a rare reminder of the agriculture that anchored Huntington's economy into the early twentieth century, and its ornamented farm residences are unusual in the town.
Significance in brief: It is a small, cohesive, largely intact late nineteenth-century agricultural complex that recalls Huntington's farming prosperity. The farmhouse and caretaker's cottage show modest but locally distinctive Second Empire details, including mansard roofs, dormers and bracketing. Few period farmhouses in the town received such decoration. They belong to a small set of well-preserved Second Empire residences in Huntington.
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 85002500, listed September 26, 1985. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 344 Greenlawn Rd., Huntington |
|---|---|
| County | Suffolk County |
| Listed | September 26, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85002500 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Architect unknown; builders Luther Brush (main dwelling) and Devine Monger (worker's cottage) |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition is listed as good, with no known threats; the property remains in residential use. |
| Acreage | 2.5 |
| Coordinates | 40.86682, -73.37511 (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 85002500.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q137302351
- This listing as JSON
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