Rock Hall Museum

The Rock Hall Museum provides a window into the past. The site was built in 1767 and belonged to the Martin and Hewlett families. The Hewlett family gave the pre-Revolutionary War house to the town of Hempstead in 1948, and it opened as a museum five years later. Visitors can see what life was like in the eighteenth century, all for free, and even enjoy the company of a pair of llamas in the...

Built in 1767, this Georgian Colonial manor is one of Long Island's finest and best-preserved homes of the era. Home to Josiah Martin, a wealthy West Indian planter and British Loyalist during the Revolutionary War, it was given to the Town of Hempstead in 1948, and is presently on the National Register of Historic Places and part of the New York State Revolutionary War Heritage Trail. The home...

Another historical house affiliated with The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) is the Rock Hall Museum. Constructed in 1767 for Josiah Martin, a wealthy plantation owner, this house is a great example of life in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house includes a warming kitchen, cold storage room and a wine cellar. Many original artifacts are on display and is open...

Rock Hall Museum