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Hallock Home Gets Historic OK from Town

The Rocky Point Historical Society awaits word on a state grant and historic designation, which they can now apply for following approval at the town level.

Town board members OKd measures on Tuesday night to designate the Hallock homestead as a local landmark, and to support a grant application seeking both state and federal historic recognition of Rocky Point's oldest home.

“The Historic Designation paves the way for the Rocky Point Historical Society to start moving forward with their restoration plans,” said Councilwoman Jane Bonner, C-Rocky Point.

“A stipulation of the grant application was to have an endorsement by the Town and I was happy to sponsor the resolution. I will do whatever I can to help the Rocky Point Historical Society restore this very important piece of our North Shore heritage.”

According to Bonner's office, the aid of a state grant for which the historical society is applying would also help the historical society preserve and rehab the home, built in 1721.

The Hallocks were prominent Rocky Point residents starting during the Revolutionary War, up through the mid 1900s. The only extant cemetery in Rocky Point is the Noah Hallock Cemetery, with about 40 Hallocks buried there from 1766 to 1920.

The Rocky Point Historical Society is holding an ongoing fundraiser to make sure it is able to pay the mortgage on the home, as well as eventually create a museum at the house.


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