Thomas Dodge Homestead
2026 Museum Tours:
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Fourth Sunday of every month
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May 24
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June 28
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July 26
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August 23
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September 27
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October 25: Season Final
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2 pm sharp!!!
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$10 per person; $5 kids under 10
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No reservations necessary
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Donations gratefully accepted
Yes, this is the Thomas Dodge Homestead, as seen about 125 years ago. There is a guy standing there with a bicycle, which was the most popular mode of transportation at the time, along with the horse, the buggy, and a few of those new fangled auto-mobiles.
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Originally, the Dodge lands extended from the Mill Pond all the way to Hempstead Harbor, including most of Harbor Acres. (see Fred Blumlein's amazing map below)
Take a look at the next image, below, photographed last summer.
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Not that much different, is it?
In the back is the original out-house (a three seater!!!), the last one in Port Washington. And of course we have our bees, tended by Ross, our bee-keeper. And we still overlook the Mill Pond, where 7 generations of the Dodge family lived, worked, prayed, and raised their families while the little village of Port Washington grew up all around them.
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Come and tour this wondrous little house (schedule above)!
This photograph doesn't do justice to the amazing Japanese Maple on the left side of the frame. A wonderful article by our Trustee, Ross Lumpkin, does however.
A new roof for the historic Thomas Dodge House was made possible by a generous grant from the Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation
