William Floyd estate ... Lets Walk ...

#Wednesdaywalk around William Floyd estate.

Last time and first time I was here was over ten years ago when I took my mother, then in her late 80's along with me.

I talked to the ranger and told her the house needed sprucing up ten years ago. She told me nothing much has been done to preserve the 300 + year old house other than a new room on a newer section of the house and an asphalt parking lot with rest-rooms.

A shame there isn't better maintenance to such an historic building. William Floyd being one of the signers of the US Constitution.

The estate was once over 7,000 acres but now is 600 + acres. It is part of the Fire Island National Seashore. It is mostly wooded with a diverse tree population. Many large Hickory which are rare on Long Island and oaks, plus trees that once populated the Island in ancient times.

Check out a brief history of the Floyd's. https://www.nps.gov/fiis/learn/historyculture/floyd-estate-grounds.htm

Going into the estate grounds is a new single lane paved road to a new parking area. The road travels through a thick woods until you reach the parking area. From there a boardwalk is provided through the woods till you get to a large grassy clearing. A long the way are signs warning of ticks and how to prevent getting bit.

Across the grassy field you can see the large Floyd estate. You must walk across the low cut grass to reach it. They give tours of the house but I chose to just walk around the grounds and admire the large hickory and Black Walnut trees that I don't get to see that often.

Zoomed view from the house looking south toward Moriches bay.

A cleared corridor through the woods takes you to another field. The estate is opened till mid November so that would be the time to explore the fields and woods when there are no ticks to contend with.....

I was warned by the park ranger that the ticks were bad walking down to the Floyd cemetery, even thou it was a wide dirt road with no high grass.

Me being the explorer type took a chance. Payed with it later with many tick bites from the ones that are so small, you can hardly see them.

But I did manage to get a few shots of a fawn still with it's spots. The baby was inside the cemetery fence eating the low cut grass when I got there. Seeing me it moved outside of the fence but stuck around long enough for pictures.

Most of the shots were out of focus but not easy shooting a woods.
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A stone slab laying flat on the ground in memory of William Floyd (1734-1821) . Floyd lived the later years of his life upstate New York in Westernville where he is buried, leaving the estate to his son son Nicoll Floyd II (1762-1852).

The Linden tree to the left of the house is enormous. Must be as old as the house. They have a lightning rod at it top with a wire running to the ground...

Rear of house with added additions.

Hickory tree

Old map hanging on the wall inside the house showing the original 7,000 acres in red.

In the middle of the field looking south....

.... Nikon D3500 with telephoto lens

Information from .... https://www.nps.gov/fiis/learn/historyculture/floyd-estate-grounds.htm

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