36 Main St, Roslyn, NY, 11576

Samuel Dugan I House

148 Main Street, Roslyn

Date Built1855
Original UseResidence
Restoration StatusCompleted Restoration Date1960
Roslyn Landmark Society Covenant Yes
View House Tour Details 2000

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148 Main copy

The Samuel Dugan I house may be the earliest building in Roslyn exhibiting Italianate details superimposed on a standard Georgian provincial house. It first appeared in 1873 on the Beers-Comstock map but is believed to have been built about 1855.

The original owners were Samuel Dugan of Belfast, Ireland and his wife Anngine of Scotland. They arrived with their children in Roslyn sometime after 1853. Samuel Dugan was a master stone mason and his work can still be seen in the street level retaining wall of the 148 Main St. house. The current owner acquired the house in 1997.

The Italianate Villa is on a steep hillside placed on a high basement foundation in the front which gives the home a commanding view of the Village, ponds and across to the opposite hillsides. The porch is a distinguishing feature of the house which extends across the original 1855 structure and ends at the projection of the two story bay window wing, which was added in 1890.

The house has been re-furbished many times. A modern kitchen, removed from the basement, was added as late as the 1960’s and again by the present owner who has recently restored much of the interior.

Dugan Vintage Day Ext Womanin Frame

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Michele Craig

Would this have been called Roslyn Villas back in the 1860s? I will look around on the page, but my ancestors, the Craig family, including Mary Craig, Gavin Craig and their son Gavin Ralston Craig were living at Rosalyn Villas in Belfast according to some of the documents I found.

Michele Craig

Would this have been called Roslyn Villas back in the 1860s? I will look around on the page, but my ancestors, the Craig family, including Mary Craig, Gavin Craig and their son Gavin Ralston Craig were living at Rosalyn Villas in Belfast according to some of the documents I found.