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Jarvis-Fleet House

New York, US

Jarvis-Fleet House

Captain Thomas Fleet came from England with his family circa 1660 in his own vessel and settled near the town of Huntington, New York (est. 1653). He went into the trading business between New York and the West Indies and, prospering, was assessed for forty vessels, in addition to land and livestock

fifteen years later. In the ensuing years Captain Fleet became a significant landholder in the Huntington area, building and settling in the residence at 138 Cove Road, Huntington. The parcel on which the Fleet residence sits at one time stretched from the body of water now known as "Fleets Cove" to Route 25A. Fleet chose the harbor due to its size, depth and protection from the larger body of water which connects to the Long Island Sound and then the Atlantic Ocean. Captain Fleet may have established an initial homestead where the current Fleet residence sits as early as his arrival circa 1660. The Fleet home is a two and one-half story, seven-bay shingled dwelling. The steeply pitched gable roof has overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends and a central shingled cross-gable with round arched window which was likely added sometime in the late nineteenth century. A historical photo of...

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