page_title: James Benjamin Homestead
hierarchical_section_title: James Benjamin Homestead
caption_attribution_description: English: The front of the NRHP-listed James Benjamin Homestead on New York State Route 24 in Flanders, New York. The house is hidden behind trees along NY 24, and the sole caretaker of the house, who is struggling to restore it, has placed some homemade scaffolding in front of the house itself. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 86001510
context_page_description: James Benjamin Homestead is a historic home located at Flanders in Suffolk County, New York. It consists of a main section, built about 1785, which is a two-story, center-entrance residence, and one- and two-story rear additions, built about 1900. Also on the property is a small, late 19th-century barn.
  The house is hidden behind trees along New York State Route 24 and is a waterfront property along Reeves Bay, a segment of Flanders Bay, which is located between the Peconic River and the Great Peconic Bay.
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
context_section_description: James Benjamin Homestead is a historic home located at Flanders in Suffolk County, New York. It consists of a main section, built about 1785, which is a two-story, center-entrance residence, and one- and two-story rear additions, built about 1900. Also on the property is a small, late 19th-century barn.
  The house is hidden behind trees along New York State Route 24 and is a waterfront property along Reeves Bay, a segment of Flanders Bay, which is located between the Peconic River and the Great Peconic Bay.
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
caption: The James Benjamin Homestead, with scaffolding along the front of the house
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