Farmingdale Trivia Answer: Hempstead and Merritts

Last week's trivia question asked where this photo taken in 1901 is located today.

The home, which was the First Powell House, was located on Conklin Street just west of Merritts Road, now the area of an auto collision store, according to the Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society.

The historical society reports that Thomas Powell, the first European settler in what is now the Farmingdale-Bethpage area, arrived in 1687. Within the first few years, he and his family constructed a home on what is now Hempstead Turnpike. The structure endured until 1931, known in later years as the Lawrence homestead.

Congrats to reader restani who guessed correctly and paul for offering more Farmingdale history in the comments section.

Come back to Patch Thursday for our next Farmingdale Trivia installment.