Maria Powell House

Maria Powell House is a house in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York which is located on Prospect Street. Maria Powell House is situated nearby to the historic site Robert Townsend, as well as near Townsend Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seely/Wright House and Octagon Hotel.

Seely/Wright House

Historic building

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The Seely/Wright House is a historic house on West Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. The house was built in 1830 by Dr. Ebeneezer Seely who married Phebe Townsend in 1808. Seely/Wright House is situated 520 feet northeast of Maria Powell House.

Octagon Hotel

Historic building

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The Octagon Hotel, built as the Nassau House by Luther Jackson in 1851, was a pre-eminent political and social meeting space in Oyster Bay, New York. This eight-sided building is also believed to be among only a few like it on Long Island and perhaps the only octagon-shaped hotel in the United States. Octagon Hotel is situated 500 feet north of Maria Powell House.

Raynham Hall Museum

Museum

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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 after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner. Raynham Hall Museum is situated 700 feet northeast of Maria Powell House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oyster Bay Cove and Cove Neck.

Oyster Bay Cove

Village

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Oyster Bay Cove is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Oyster Bay area, which is anchored by Oyster Bay.

Cove Neck

Hamlet

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Cove Neck is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. As of the 2020 census, Cove Neck had a population of 293. Cove Neck is situated 1½ miles northeast of Maria Powell House.

Mill Neck

Village

Mill Neck is a village in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 1,054 at the time of the 2020 census. Mill Neck is situated 1½ miles northwest of Maria Powell House.

Maria Powell House

Type: House
Address: 12 Prospect Street, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Categories: building, historic site, historic building, and residential building
Location: Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.87076° or 40° 52′ 15″ north

Longitude

-73.53284° or 73° 31′ 58″ west

Open location code

87G8VFC8+8V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 963465542

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

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