Prime–Octagon House

The Prime–Octagon House, built in 1859, is a historic octagonal house located at 41 Prime Avenue in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.The house is next door to the 1855-built Prime House, and across the street from the Heckscher Museum of Art.

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Type: House
Description: historic house in New York, United States
Also known as: “Prime-Octagon House”
Address: 41 Prime Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Heckscher Museum of Art and Heckscher Park.

Heckscher Museum of Art

Museum

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The Heckscher Museum of Art is an American art museum. It is named after its benefactors, Anna and August Heckscher, who in 1920 donated 185 works of art to be housed in a new Beaux-Arts building located in Heckscher Park, in Huntington, New York.

Heckscher Park

Park

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Heckscher Park is a local park and national historic district in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. It is bounded by Madison Street, Sabbath Day Path, Main Street, and Prime Avenue.

Prime House

House

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Prime House is a historic home located at Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, gable-roofed clapboard structure with a shed roof rear extension.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halesite and Huntington Station.

Halesite

Village

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Halesite is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Halesite had a population of 2,527.

Huntington Station

Town

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Huntington Station is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. Huntington Station is situated 1½ miles south of Prime–Octagon House.

Huntington Bay

Village

Huntington Bay is a village in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on East Neck on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Huntington Bay had a population of 1,446. Huntington Bay is situated 2 miles north of Prime–Octagon House.

Prime–Octagon House

Categories: historic house, building, and residential building
Location: Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.87482° or 40° 52′ 29″ north

Longitude

-73.42241° or 73° 25′ 21″ west

Open location code

87G8VHFH+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 470231032

OpenStreetMap feature

building=detached

Wikidata ID

Q14707212

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Highlights: Chapin Rainbow Stage and Energy Fitness Huntington.

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