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Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill

Coordinates: 40°53′59″N 73°26′42″W / 40.89972°N 73.44500°W / 40.89972; -73.44500
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Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill
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Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill is located in New York
Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill
Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill is located in the United States
Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill
Location2 mi. NE of Mill and Southdown Rds., Lloyd Harbor, New York
Coordinates40°53′59″N 73°26′42″W / 40.89972°N 73.44500°W / 40.89972; -73.44500
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1793
ArchitectVan Wyck, Abraham
MPSLong Island Wind and Tide Mills TR
NRHP reference No.78001916[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1978

Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill (/væn ˈwk/ van WYKE) is a historic tide mill located at Lloyd Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1793 and is a 3+12-story, gable-roofed, timber-framed rectangular building little altered since the early 19th century. The property also includes the earthen mill dam with sluice gates.[2] The Lefferts Tide Mill and Preserve, which owns the mill, partners with the Huntington Historical Soceiety, offers boat tours to the site and tours of the Tide Mill from May through October.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Raymond W. Smith (June 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
  3. ^ Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill website

https://www.huntingtontidemill.org

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