Said to have been erected in 1649 by John Budd, who later gave it to his daughter as a wedding present, this house is notable as one of the most distinguished surviving examples of English domestic architecture in America, according to the home’s application in the National Register of Historic Places.

 

The house was then moved from its original location and re-erected at a cost of twenty pounds "Boston Money," according to the application. “At the time of the move, the Old House was relocated on the northern outskirts of the Broadfields, a 240 acre tract of arable land which the local Indians had been cultivating for years. To the north of the house ran the King's Highway, now State Route 25."

 

The house was restored in 1940.

 

According to a 2018 Suffolk Times article, tests of the wood from the home revealed that it might have been constructed closer to 1699, 50 years after it was originally thought to have been built.

 

Photos below titled, “Horton-Wickham-Landon House, Kings Highway (moved from NY, Southhold), Cutchogue, Suffolk County, NY PHOTOS FROM SURVEY HABS NY-546” Historic American Buildings Survey, creator.

 

Photo: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government. Library of Congress collection.

 

Photo: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government. Library of Congress collection.