Raynham Hall

20 W. Main St., Oyster Bay, New York. County/parish: Nassau.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 05, 1974. NRIS 74001264.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Townsend Homestead

From Wikipedia:

Raynham Hall Museum

Raynham Hall is in Oyster Bay, New York. Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall (seat of the Marquesses Townshend) after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner. The house is now owned by the Town of Oyster Bay and operated as a public museum by the Friends of Raynham Hall Museum, Inc. Raynham Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a Town of Oyster Bay Landmark, and is a featured site on the Oyster Bay History Walk audio walking tour. It is located at 20 West Main Street, in the heart of Oyster Bay. The new Visitors' Center, located next to the historic house at 30 West Main Street, is where guests can purchase tour tickets and see the museum shop.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319179

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