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Joseph Wood House

Houses completed in 1889Houses 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 YorkShingle Style architecture in New York (state)
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Joseph Wood House; Sayville, New York
Joseph Wood House; Sayville, New York

Joseph Wood House is a historic home located at Sayville in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1889 and is a 2-story, wood-framed Shingle Style dwelling of complex massing. It has a gambrel-roofed main block with 1+1⁄2-story wings. It features a continuous porch with attenuated Doric order columns and a porte cochere.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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