National Historic Landmark-General William Floyd House

National Historic Landmark-General William Floyd House

Floyd, a wealthy Long Island landowner before the Revolution, was a New York delegate to the Continental Congress. Despite all he stood to lose, he signed the Declaration of Independence.

In 1803 he left Long Island and moved to western New York, where he occupied this Georgian house until his death in 1821.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks

Image Courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey