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Rock Hall Museum - Town of Hempstead

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Rock Hall Museum - Town of Hempstead

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Rock Hall Watercolor
Rock Hall Watercolor

Watercolor by Mary Ann Heizen

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Levram the Great
Levram the Great

Country Fair 2013
 

Festive Evening
Festive Evening
Garden Club
Garden Club
Nanny Rose School of Etiquette
Nanny Rose School of Etiquette
Wedding of James Crosby Brown & Mary Agnes Hewlett
Wedding of James Crosby Brown & Mary Agnes Hewlett

October 13, 1898 Rock Hall

Garden Club
Garden Club
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
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Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Nanny Rose School of Etiquette
Nanny Rose School of Etiquette
Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms of Josiah Martin

Car Show
Car Show
Car Show 2013
Car Show 2013
Stitch in Time Workshop
Stitch in Time Workshop
Stitch in Time Workshop
Stitch in Time Workshop
Front Hall
Front Hall

Proposal design for Rock Hall 1993

Friends of Rock Hall Annual Meeting
Friends of Rock Hall Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting
Garden Club
Garden Club
Cooking at Garden Club
Cooking at Garden Club
Hewlett Family
Hewlett Family

Rock Hall 1904

Car Show
Car Show
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Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Canine Day
Canine Day
Holidays at Rock Hall
Holidays at Rock Hall
Baking Workshop
Baking Workshop
Garden Club
Garden Club
Artifacts found in the Children's Garden
Artifacts found in the Children's Garden
Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Country Fair
Embroidery of Ten Commandments
Embroidery of Ten Commandments
Living History Tour
Living History Tour
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Embroidery
Embroidery

Embroidered by Alice H.P. Banister (Granddaughter of Josiah Martin) in 1797

Reverse of Embroidery
Reverse of Embroidery

Embroidery by Alice H.P. Banister in 1797

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Hewlett Wedding
Hewlett Wedding

Marriage of Anne Hewlett & Buckminster Fuller in 1917

Miniature portrait of Governor Josiah Martin, the last Royal Governor of North Carolina
Miniature portrait of Governor Josiah Martin, the last Royal Governor of North Carolina

Governor Josiah Martin (b. 1737-d. 1786) was the nephew/ son-in-law of Josiah Martin (b.1699-d. 1778).  Painted by Jeremiah Meyer.

 

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1817 Survey of Rock Hall & Outbuildings
1817 Survey of Rock Hall & Outbuildings

A survey of twenty-five acres of land, prepared for Thomas Banister by Morris Fosdick on August 15, 1817.

Guest Parlor
Guest Parlor
Children's Bedchamber
Children's Bedchamber
Children's Bedchamber
Children's Bedchamber
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  • Home/
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  • Calendar/
    • Events & Programs
    • Gallery
    • Winter/Spring Calendar
  • The House/
    • History
    • Archaeology
    • Timeline
    • Family Tree
    • Hewlett Guestbook
  • Research/
    • Updated Family Tree
    • Banisters and McNeills
    • Slavery
  • Activities & Tours/
    • Craft Workshops
    • Storytelling
    • Country Fair
  • Education/
    • Teacher Resources
  • Give & Join/
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    • Brick Fundraiser
    • Ways of Giving
  • About/
    • Rock Hall
    • Friends of Rock Hall
    • News & Press
    • Contact
  • Shop/
  • Town of Hempstead/
  • Historic St. George Cemetery/
  • 2025 Rock Hall Scholarship/

Rock Hall Museum - Town of Hempstead

One of the finest pre- Revolutionary War homes on Long Island, Rock Hall was built in 1767 for Josiah Martin, a wealthy West Indian plantation owner.  The Georgian-style home belonged to two of the area's most famous families, the Martins and the Hewletts.  In 1948, the Hewlett family deeded Rock Hall to the Town of Hempstead.  After an extensive restoration, it opened as a museum in 1953.  Rock Hall offers guided tours, lectures, and children's programs.

 Town of Hempstead Museum

 Town of Hempstead Museum

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