If checked, this site is within the Fire Place (Brookhaven Hamlet) Historic District

19-Initial Const Date: 1830 [date unlikely, see supplemental material]

19-Architect:

19-Builder: Said to be Isaac Seaman [see supplemental material].

[If constructed in 1830 as recorded on the original survey form, it could not have been built by Isaac Seaman. Isaac was born in about 1832. In both the 1850 and 1860 censuses, he was living with his parents, Abraham (b. abt 1808) and Mary Seaman. On the 1873 map of Brookhaven Hamlet, the I. W. Seaman's property (Br09C) is shown adjacent to A. F. Seaman (Br09D), to the north. A. F. is undoubtedly his father. The 1858 map does not indicate any Seaman properties in the Hamlet, so this source is not helpful (many known residents of 1858 are not indicated). The original survey form does not indicate from where the construction date was derived (perhaps the interviews?). The1840 U.S. census record was the earliest indication of a "Seaman" living in Fire Place, Town of Brookhaven--that of the Abraham Seaman family. U.S. census records from 1790 forward were examined, including the indexes for the Town of Brookhaven, and the detailed enumeration records of the area between Bellport and Mastic, and no "Seamans", or possible alternate spellings of the name, were found, either in the indexes, or the examined detailed pages. (While the enumeration pages did not themselves define the area, the examined pages were selected based on names of families known to have been residents of the area.) Although some local history commentators have indicated that the Seaman family first settled in Fire Place as early as 1779, the census enumerations do not support this conclusion. Most likely, this house was built by Isaac Seaman, constructed after 1860 and before 1873.]