NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Anthropological Survey
CULTURAL RESOURCE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY REPORT
PIN 01 12.52.101 Addendum New York State Route 110, Prime Avenue to Youngs Hill Road Town of Huntington Suffolk County, New York
April 2008
prepared by:
Dana E. Mern, M.A. State University of New York at Stony Brook
NEW YORK
TIlE STATE OF LEARNING
The University of the State of New York The New York State Education Department Albany, New York 12230 A Cultural Resources Survey Report
2007-2008 Program Year
Prepared by Dana E. Merwin, RPA
Institute for Long Island Archaeology State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11794-4364
Prepared for the New York State Museum, State Education Department
April 2008
Sponsored by the New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
Project Identifier PIN 01 12.52.101
Project Type Drainage and traffic improvements, including the construction of a sedimentation/filtration basin and new catch basins, along with raising and resurfacing the roadway and two proposed roundabout interchanges (at Mill Dam Road and Creek Road); State and Federal funding.
Cultural Resource Survey Type Reconnaissance survey (addendum to 1997 cultural resources survey).
Location New York State Route 110, from Prime Avenue/Madison Street to Youngs Hill Road in the Town of Huntington (MCD 10304), Suffolk County.
Survey Area Survey area is 1.45 kilometers (0.9 mile) long, although most of the proposed work will be undertaken within and immediately adjacent to the existing roadway beyond the Mill Dam Road and Creek Road intersections. Also included in the project area is a parcel on the west side of New York State Route 110 north of Creek Road, the site of a proposed filtration pond. This parcel measures roughly 76 by 152 meters (250 by 500 feet), or 2.9 acres (1.16 hectares).
USGS 7.5 minute Quads Lloyd Harbor, New York (1967)
Sensitivity Assessment Prehistoric, moderate; historic, moderate overall but higher near map documented and pre-1958 standing structures.
Archaeological Survey Methodology Number of shovel test pits: 67; surface survey: yes
Results of Archaeological Survey No archaeological sites were identified.
- Results of Architectural Survey Number of structures within and adjacent to project area, 39; Number of known NR listed/eligible structures/districts, 0; Number of recommended eligible structures/districts, 1; Number of listed/eligible or potentially eligible structures that may be impacted, 0.
Author/Institution Dana E. Merwin, M.A., R.P.A. Institute for Long Island Archaeology, Stony Brook University at Stony Brook.
Date April 2008
Sponsor The New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.
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