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Coordinates: 40°50′49″N 73°21′05″W / 40.84687°N 73.351285°W / 40.84687; -73.351285
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Michael Remp House
The Michael Remp House as seen from down Godfrey Lane
Michael Remp House is located in New York
Michael Remp House
Michael Remp House is located in the United States
Michael Remp House
Location42 Godfrey Ln.,
Greenlawn, New York
Coordinates40°50′49″N 73°21′05″W / 40.84687°N 73.351285°W / 40.84687; -73.351285
Area2.34 acres (0.95 ha)
Builtc. 1770
ArchitectMichael Remp
MPSHuntington Town MRA
NRHP reference No.85002570[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1985

The Michael Remp House is a historic house located at 42 Godfrey Lane in Greenlawn, Suffolk County, New York. It consists of a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay wide, shingled dwelling, flanked by smaller 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay shingled wings. The earliest section of the house was built in about 1770. Also on the property are three contributing barns.[2]

History

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The house was originally part of a large farm that extended westward along the south side of Little Plains Road to Broadway–Greenlawn;[3][4] it has also been referred to as "Dumpling Hill" or "Dumplin' Hill".[4][5][6][7] The west wing of the house was built by Michael Remp in about 1770 and the main portion of the home and the east wing were added in about 1830.[3][8] Ownership of Michael Remp's house was passed down to his son Joseph Remp in 1801 and then to his great-grandson Joel Barnum Smith, who occupied the home from 1850 until 1903.[4] Joel had spent much of his time growing up on his uncle's farm and later purchased the property, becoming a prominent farmer in the area.[5][9][10] Joel's wife died in 1896, and two years later he married Mary E. Whitson, who lived across the street from him at the Smith Whitson Farm.[9][10] After he inherited a large amount of property from his uncle, Joel Barnum Smith retired and sold the farm in 1903, moving to Smith Street in the village of Greenlawn.[5][11][12]

In 1907, the home and surrounding 28 acres (11 ha) of land were purchased by Martin McVoy Jr. from Fannie Ferguson and Georgena N. Brazer, who had originally bought it from Joel Barnum Smith in 1903.[13][14][15] The house was later rented by architect August Viemeister from 1935 until McVoy's estate was sold following his death in 1949.[15][16][17] In 1950, the house was acquired by Allen L. Woodworth,[4] who had an interest in antiques as well as colonial and post-colonial houses; Woodworth served as president of The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities from 1963 to 1973.[18] He restored the house and furnished it with antiques.[6][7][19] Woodworth died in 1982 at the age of 90, leaving the house and 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land to his wife. The remaining 20 acres (8.1 ha) of the estate were subdivided into a residential development named Dumplin' Hill Meadows.[20][21][22]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 26, 1985.[1] It was also designated as a historic building by the Town of Huntington on March 23, 1993.[23][24] After the death of Woodward's wife in 1995, the 10-acre (4.0 ha) estate was further subdivided, leaving the historic house and barns on a 2.34-acre (0.95 ha) parcel.[7][25][26] The property was purchased by Pat and Bill Sayers in 1998, who restored the house and added riding trails and a riding ring for the horses they kept on the site.[24][27][28]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ NYS Parks & Recreation (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Michael Remp House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  3. ^ a b Dougher, Louise; Bloomgarden, Carol (2000). Greenlawn: A Long Island Hamlet. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 35–36. ISBN 9781439610565. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c d "The History of Old Chester Hills". Old Chester Hills Civic Association. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Joel Barnum Smith". The Long-Islander. April 26, 1907. p. 6. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  6. ^ a b "Historic Homes and Gardens In Tour Scheduled by Whitman Birthplace Assn". The Long-Islander. April 19, 1962. p. 6. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  7. ^ a b c "Huyler Clark Held (1925-2012)" (PDF). The New York Community Trust. May 2013. p. 4. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  8. ^ Langhans, Rufus B. (October 16, 1986). "Huntington Historic Houses". The Long-Islander. p. 5. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  9. ^ a b "Long Island Obituary Record". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 4, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b "Smith–Whitson". The Brooklyn Daily Times. May 26, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Greenlawn". The Long-Islander. May 1, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  12. ^ Hughes, Robert C. (June 6, 2015). "The Pickle King of Greenlawn". Huntington History. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "Real Estate Transfers". The Long-Islander. November 22, 1907. p. 5. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  14. ^ Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. "(cartographic) Suffolk County, V. 2, Double Page Plate No. 2 [Map bounded by Elwood, Dix Hills, Half Hollow Hills, Melville, South Huntington, West Hills, Cold Springs], (1902 - 1909)". The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Notice Of Sale". The Long-Islander. June 23, 1949. p. 7. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  16. ^ "Martin McVoy, Jr". Daily News. New York. January 10, 1949. p. C23. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "August Viemeister, Architect Dies in 92nd Year". The Long-Islander. June 13, 1985. p. 16. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  18. ^ The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1948–2012 (PDF). 2012. pp. 23–25, 55. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via Preservation Long Island.
  19. ^ "Historical Society Plans Tours of Old LI Homes". Newsday. July 11, 1960. p. 30. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Woodworth, Allen L.". The New York Times. October 22, 1982. p. B10. ProQuest 121838872.
  21. ^ "Legal Notice 83-557-P". The Long-Islander. October 6, 1983. p. 28. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  22. ^ Santo, James (October 27, 1983). "Which is binding: owner's will or planning board's?". The Long-Islander. p. 6. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  23. ^ Article VI Designation of sites and buildings (Ord. No. 93-92-ZC-290). Town of Huntington, NY. § 198-42(B)(77). Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  24. ^ a b Wallace, George (January 21, 1999). "Living With History". The Long-Islander. p. 4. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  25. ^ "Town Hall Agenda". Newsday. May 11, 1997. p. E23. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ Shaman, Diana (August 10, 1997). "Preserving the Past in the Presence of the New". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  27. ^ Jackson, Tommi (February 9, 2001). "Home of the Week - 1770 Colonial Farmhouse". Newsday. p. C3. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ Schrafel, Danny (October 8, 2009). "No 'Horse'ing Around Over Proposal". The Record. Huntington. p. 3. Retrieved August 19, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.


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