Seaman Farm
Why it's listed
Seaman Farm occupies sixteen acres along Carll's Straight Path, one of the oldest roads in the Dix Hills section of Huntington. The core is a one-and-one-half-story shingled farmhouse built circa 1805, with a saltbox profile, a five-bay center-hall facade, a pilastered entrance with sidelights, and interior end chimneys. Around a large natural pond stand an early nineteenth-century barn made of two joined vertical-board barns, an early twentieth-century clapboard barn, a board-and-batten barn, a T-shaped corncrib, several sheds and a stone well with a gabled canopy. All of these outbuildings are counted as contributing features. The property matters because few relatively unaltered groups of nineteenth-century farm buildings survive in heavily developed Huntington. Its house is the only five-bay center-hall dwelling of its type in Dix Hills, and the intact rural setting illustrates the town's agricultural tradition into the early twentieth century.
Significance in brief: The farm is one of the few relatively unaltered collections of nineteenth-century agricultural buildings left in the town of Huntington. Its circa 1805 house is a representative late settlement period dwelling with a five-bay center-hall plan and the only example of its type in Dix Hills. The surviving barns, corncrib, sheds and well show agricultural use continuing into the early twentieth century in an intact rural setting.
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 85002575, listed September 26, 1985. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1378 Carlls Straight Path, Dix Hills |
|---|---|
| County | Suffolk County |
| Listed | September 26, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85002575 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Saltbox-profile farmhouse of the late settlement period |
| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as in excellent condition with original site and no known threats; the main dwelling is still used as a residence and the exterior is not visible from the public road. |
| Acreage | 16 |
| Coordinates | 40.81039, -73.31929 (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 85002575.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7440691
- This listing as JSON
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