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Nassau County, New York

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157historic places

—earliest paper

1899formed

1,395,774pop. 2020

46cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 157 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Sea Cliff, Oyster Bay, Roslyn.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

100 of 157 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

157 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adam-Derby House	Oyster Bay	Building	1979
Aldred, John E., Estate	Lattingtown	Building	1979
Barkin House	Long Beach	Building	2015
Barstow, William, Mansion	Kings Point	Building	2014
Beekman, James William, House	Oyster Bay	Building	1973
Bellarose Village Municipal Complex	Bellerose	District	2006
Building at 390 Ocean Avenue	Massapequa	Building	2017
Cedarmere-Clayton Estates	Roslyn Harbor	District	1986
Central Hall	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
Christ Building	Sea Cliff	Building	2012
Christ Church	Oyster Bay	District	2018
Church of Our Lady of Kazan	Sea Cliff	District	2016
Clapham-Stern House	Roslyn Harbor	Building	2005
Clifton	Roslyn Harbor	Building	1999
Cobble Villa	Long Beach	Building	2015
Cock-Cornelius House	Locust Valley	Building	2006
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Historic District	Laurel Hollow	District	1994
Cornell-Van Nostrand House	New Hyde Park	Building	2007
Crowell House	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
Denton Homestead	East Rockaway	Building	2014
Denton, George W., House	Flower Hill	Building	1985
Dodge, Lillian Sefton, Estate	Mill Neck	Building	1979
Dodge, Thomas, Homestead	Port Washington	Building	1986
DuPont-Guest Estate	Brookville	Building	2009
East Williston Village Historic District	East Williston	District	1985
Eastman Cottage	Roslyn	Building	1986
Elmwood	Oyster Bay	Building	1975
Execution Rocks Light Station	Port Washington	Structure	2007
Felix, Pauline, House	Long Beach	Building	2005
First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay	Oyster Bay	Building	1976
Fort Massapeag Archeological Site NHL	Oyster Bay	Site	1993
Franklin Square National Bank	Franklin Square	Building	2015
Glen Cove Post Office	Glen Cove	Building	2010
Goodyear, A. Conger, House	Old Westbury	Building	2003
Gould-Guggenheim Estate	Port Washington	District	2006
Grace Church Complex	Massapequa	Building	1983
Grace and Thomaston Buildings (Additional Documentation)	Great Neck Plaza	Building	1978
Granada Towers	Long Beach	Building	1984
Greenridge-Arthur Williams House	Roslyn Harbor	Building	1999
Harding, Stephen, House	Sea Cliff	Building	2011
Haviland-Davison Grist Mill	East Rockaway	Building	1998
Heitz Place Courthouse	Hicksville	Building	1974
Hempstead Town hall	Hempstead	Building	2018
Hicks Lumber Company Store	Roslyn	Building	1986
House at 103 Roslyn Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 112 Sea Cliff Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 115 Central Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 137 Prospect Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 173 Sixteenth Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 176 Prospect Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 18 Seventeenth Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 19 Locust Place	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 195 Prospect Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 199 Prospect Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 207 Carpenter Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 226 West Penn Street	Long Beach	Building	2008
House at 240 Sea Cliff Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 251 Rocklyn Avenue	Lynbrook	Building	2008
House at 285 Glen Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building
House at 285 Sea Cliff Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 290 Eighth Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building
House at 332 Franklin Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 362 Sea Cliff Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 378 Glen Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 474 Ocean Avenue	Lynbrook	Building	2008
House at 52 Eighteenth Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 52 Frost Mill Road	Mill Neck	Building	2011
House at 65 Twentieth Avenue	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
House at 73 Grove Street	Lynbrook	Building	2008
House at 9 Locust Place	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
Jackson, John II, House	Wantagh	Building	2022
Jackson, Samuel and Elbert, House	Wantagh	Building	2006
Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex	Jericho	Building	2002
Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse	Levittown	Building	1996
Jones Beach State Park, Causeway and Parkway System	Wantagh	District	2005
Justice Court Building	Glen Cove	Building	1990
Kellogg, George Sumner, House	Baldwin	Building	2017
Landsberg, William, House	Port Washington	Building	2014
Long Island Rail Road Station at Farmingdale	Farmingdale	Building	1991
Lynbrook Public Library	Lynbrook	Building	2025
Mackay Estate Dairyman's Cottage	East Hills	Building	1991
Mackay Estate Gate Lodge	East Hills	Building	1991
Mackay Estate Water Tower	East Hills	Building	1991
Main Street Historic District	Roslyn	District	1974
Main Street School	Port Washington	Building	1983
Manhasset Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends	Manhasset	Building	2009
Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse	Locust Valley	Building	1976
Mitchel Air Base and Flight Line	Uniondale	District	2018
Monfort Cemetery	Port Washington	Site	1988
Moore's Building	Oyster Bay	Building	1996
Moore, Benjamin, Estate	Muttontown	Building	1979
Mudge Farmhouse	Roslyn Harbor	Building	1999
Nassau County Courthouse	Mineola	Building	2021
North Hempstead Town Hall	Manhasset	Building	2006
Old Nassau County Courthouse	Garden City	Building	1978
Old Westbury Gardens	Westbury	Building	1976
Old Westbury Gardens-Phipps, John S., Estate (Boundary Increase)	Old Westbury	District	2011
Onderdonk, Horatio Gates, House	Manhasset	Building	1980
Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Station	Oyster Bay	Building	2005
Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable	Oyster Bay	Structure	2005
Pagan-Fletcher House	Valley Stream	Building	1983
Pine Hollow Cemetery	Oyster Bay	Site	2018
Planting Fields Arboretum	Oyster Bay	Building	1979
Raynham Hall	Oyster Bay	Building	1974
Rectory of St. George's Episcopal Church	Hempstead	Building	1988
Rescue Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 Firehouse	Roslyn	Building	1991
Rock Hall	Lawrence	Building	1976
Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument	Lynbrook	Site	2015
Roosevelt, James Alfred, Estate	Cove Neck	Building	1979
Roslyn Cemetery	Roslyn	Site	1991
Roslyn Grist Mill	Roslyn	Building	1986
Roslyn House	Roslyn Heights	Building	1990
Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company Building	Roslyn	Building	1986
Roslyn Savings Bank Building	Roslyn	Building	1986
Roslyn Village Historic District	Roslyn	District	1987
Saddle Rock Grist Mill	North Hempstead	Building	1978
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Oyster Bay	Building	1966
Saint Mary's Chapel	Carle Place	Building	2005
Sands Family Cemetery	Sands Point	Site	1992
Sands-Willets Homestead	Port Washington	Building	1985
Schenck-Mann House	Syosset	Building	2005
Schmidlapp-Humes Estate Historic District	Locust Valley	District	2020
Sea Cliff Firehouse	Sea Cliff	Building	2003
Sea Cliff Railroad Station	Glen Cove	Building	1988
Sea Cliff Village Hall, Library and Museum Complex	Sea Cliff	Building	2005
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club	Oyster Bay	Building	1974
Shell House, The	Glen Cove	Building	1988
Smith, Almeron and Olive, House	Plandome	Building	2006
Smith, Stephen and Charles, House	Roslyn Harbor	Building	1999
Sousa, John Philip, House NHL	Port Washington	Building	1966
Springbank	Roslyn Harbor	Building	1999
St. George's Church	Hempstead	Building	1973
St. Lukes Protestant Episcopal Church	Sea Cliff	Building	1988
St. Paul's German Presbyterian Church and Cemetery	Elmont	Building	2008
Stepping Stones Light Station	Kings Point	Building	2005
Stewart, A. T., Era Buildings	Garden City	District	1978
Swan, Edward H., House	Oyster Bay	Building	1976
Titus, Willet, House	Roslyn	Building	1986
Toll Gate House	Greenvale	Building	1977
Trinity Church Complex	Roslyn	Building	1986
US Post Office-Freeport	Freeport	Building	1989
US Post Office-Garden City	Garden City	Building	1989
US Post Office-Glen Cove	Glen Cove	Building	1989
US Post Office-Great Neck	Great Neck Plaza	Building	1989
US Post Office-Hempstead	Hempstead	Building	1988
US Post Office-Long Beach	Long Beach	Building	1989
US Post Office-Mineola	Mineola	Building	1989
US Post Office-Oyster Bay	Oyster Bay	Building	1989
US Post Office-Rockville Centre	Rockville Centre	Building	1989
Underhill, George, House	Locust Valley	Building	2003
United Stated Merchant Marine Academy	Kings Point	District	2014
Vaisberg, Samuel, House	Long Beach	Building	2005
Valley Road Historic District	Manhasset	District	1977
Wantagh Railroad Complex	Wantagh	Building	1983
Warner, Samuel Adams, House	Roslyn	Building	1986
Willowmere	Roslyn Harbor	Building	1999
Woolworth Estate	Glen Cove	Building	1979

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Nassau was formed in 1899 (1899-01-01) from Queens.

NASSAU created from QUEENS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Nassau County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
55,448	126,120	406,748	672,765	1,300,171	1,321,582	1,334,544	1,395,774

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Fire Island National Seashore	National Seashore	48.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

46 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 46 of 46 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
All Saints Cemetery	40.81149	-73.73458
Bayville Cemetery	40.90913	-73.57683
Beth David Cemetery	40.69871	-73.7043
Bethpage United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.73983	-73.49622
Bideawee Pet Memorial Park	40.68737	-73.51314
Brookville Cemetery	40.83028	-73.57326
Bryant Cemetery	40.71133	-73.49122
Christ Church Cemetery	40.79362	-73.69687
Clark Botanic Garden	40.77204	-73.64013
East Hillside Cemetery	40.83999	-73.61402
Elmont Cemetery	40.70343	-73.7109
Friends Cemetery	40.76556	-73.58556
Greenfield Cemetery	40.69038	-73.60485
Holy Rood Cemetery	40.75148	-73.58401
Jackson Cemetery	40.69094	-73.50775
Jerusalem Friends Cemetery	40.69676	-73.5054
Locust Cemetery	40.81651	-73.53385
Locust Valley Cemetery	40.88357	-73.58799
Maimonides - Elmont Cemetery	40.70406	-73.70788
Matinecock Friends Meeting House Cemetery	40.86642	-73.59353
Methodist Cemetery	40.77061	-73.65334
Monfort Cemetery	40.83117	-73.68197
Nassau Knolls Cemetery	40.8226	-73.6843
Oak Hill Cemetery	40.84805	-73.52944
Oakfield Cemetery	40.68537	-73.52179
Old Grace Cemetery	40.6676	-73.45927
Plain Lawn Cemetery	40.75926	-73.53207
Pratt Cemetery	40.88721	-73.61433
Quaker Cemetery	40.79472	-73.53607
Rockville Cemetery	40.65954	-73.65878
Roslyn Cemetery	40.80891	-73.63229
Saint Boniface Cemetery	40.69422	-73.71597
Saint Johns Cemetery	40.68684	-73.72269
Saint Johns Memorial Cemetery	40.85307	-73.48259
Saint Marys Cemetery	40.61787	-73.73291
Saint Patrick Cemetery	40.84706	-73.58116
Saint Pauls Cemetery	40.86454	-73.62756
Saint Pauls German Presbyterian Church Cemetery	40.69648	-73.71429
Smith Cemetery	40.89033	-73.50433
Theodore Roosevelt Grave	40.87014	-73.50719
Townsend Cemetery	40.87333	-73.54217
Trinity Cemetery	40.6351	-73.70624
Underhill Cemetery	40.89065	-73.57394
Wesley United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.84021	-73.53101
Youngs Memorial Cemetery	40.87035	-73.50658
Zion Cemetery	40.86034	-73.53631

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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