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Whitman-Place House

Houses completed in 1810Houses in Suffolk County, New YorkHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New YorkSuffolk County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs

Whitman-Place House is a historic home located at West Hills in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1810 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay shingled residence which was greatly enlarged with a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay south wing built in the 20th century. Also on the property is an early-19th-century barn and springhouse.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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Whitman-Place House
Chichester Road,

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New York, United States
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