The house was built between 1766 and 1767 on the Manor of Queens Village, a 3,000-acre provisioning plantation established in the late 17th century on the ancestral lands of the Matinecock Nation.

It is most significant today for being where Jupiter Hammon (1711–before 1806), the first published Black American poet, was enslaved by the Lloyd family and authored his best-known works.

Unmarried and without children, he bequeathed his entire estate to his nephew, John Lloyd II (1745–1792), who found the house and land severely damaged after the war.

Mrs. Wood subsequently rented the Joseph Lloyd Manor house to a number of tenants, among them Charles Lindbergh, who lived there with his family from February 1940 until August 1941.

Finally, Mrs. Anna Matheson Wood gifted Joseph Lloyd Manor to the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities in 1968.

In 1765, Joseph Lloyd commissioned Abner Osborne, a Connecticut carpenter, to build the windows, shingles, interior architectural finishes, and the courtyard around the house.

[2] A kitchen with a large fireplace is located in the back of the first floor, accessible by a rear service entrance and staircase that was used by the many people the Lloyds enslaved.

It is possible that his son, John Nelson Lloyd, changed the front door to the Greek Revival-style one that survives today and added a large porch.

The Society reconstructed the Greek-Revival porch, removed Mrs. Wood's modern kitchen, and commissioned a series of architectural and paint analyses to bring the appearance of the interior back to the late 18th century.

At Joseph Lloyd Manor, enslaved families likely slept in the basement, attic, and a small, centrally located room on the second floor.

[6] With the encouragement of the Lloyd family, Hammon learned to read and write and at the age of 49, authored his first published poem, "An Evening Thought, Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries", in 1760.

During his lifetime, Hammon authored numerous essays and poems that reflect his intelligence, deep Christian faith, and views concerning the social and moral conflicts of slavery and freedom in the early United States.

[5] While enslaved at Joseph Lloyd Manor, Hammon penned his two most significant works in 1786: "An Address to the Negroes in the State of New-York" and the unpublished "An Essay on Slavery".

Fort Franklin was built on the western side of Lloyd Neck, anchoring the British presence in Suffolk County and providing protection from American soldiers garrisoned across the Sound in Connecticut.

In addition to providing camp and provisions for troops, Fort Franklin served as a connection point between British forces stationed in Manhattan and eastern Long Island.

[10] Preservation Long Island is continuing to work with community stakeholders to research and interpret the stories of the enslaved at Joseph Lloyd Manor while confronting the region's legacy of slavery through the ongoing Jupiter Hammon Project.