Ngati mukuyendetsa galimoto Broadway ku Lawrence, Long Island, New York, zikuphweka mosavuta Museum Hall Museum, koma mukudutsa limodzi la chuma chobisika cha Nassau County. Atachoka mumsewu wotanganidwa kwambiri, nyumbayi inamangidwa mu 1767 ndipo tsopano ikubwezeretsanso ulemerero wake ndipo inalembedwa pa National Register of Historic Places. Kuwonjezera apo, kukopa ndi kopanda malire.
Yomangidwa kwa banja la Yosiya Martin, nyumba ndi malo oyandikana nawo pambuyo pake pakhomo la banja la Hewlett ndipo kenako anakhala nyumba yosungiramo anthu onse kuti amasangalale kwaulere.
Patsiku lopumula, ndinayang'ana nyumbayo, ndikulemba ndemanga yoperekedwa ndi Matthew Blum, wothandizira nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale omwe anali ndi zinthu zambiri zosangalatsa zokhudza mabanja omwe ankakhala m'nyumba yabwinoyi, komanso zovala ndi zokongoletsa zomwe zimakongoletsa mkati.
Ndinaphunzira kuti mwiniwake woyamba wa Rock Hall, Yosiya Martin, anabadwira ku Antigua , ku Caribbean, kumene bambo ake anali mwini munda wa shuga wabwino. Pamene Yosiya anali mwana, abambo ake anaphedwa ndi akapolo pamene mkulu Bambo Martin adawaumiriza kugwira ntchito pa Tsiku la Khirisimasi. Amayi a Yosiya adapulumuka ku mundawu pamodzi ndi mwana wake ndi ana ena.
Pamene anali wamkulu, Yosiya Martin analandira munda wa atate wake. Atakwatiwa ndi bambo ake, anasamukira ku New York, ndipo adakhala m'deralo kuti asapezeke ndi matenda a nthomba omwe anali ku New York panthawiyo. Komabe kunali pafupi kwambiri kwa amalonda a Martin mu mzinda kotero kuti bizinesi yokhudza munda idzayambe kuchitidwa.
Mibadwo yambiri ya Martins inabadwa ndipo inaleredwa m'nyumba yoyera iyi yokhala ndi miyala iwiri, ndipo alendo ambiri olemekezeka anaitanidwa kukadya nawo madyerero ndi maphwando omwe anachita pano. Yomangidwa mu 1767, Rock Hall inali malo abwino kwambiri omwe adamuwonetsa Martin ngati mwini chuma.
Ndili pansi pawiri ndi malo okwezeka - chinthu chowoneka kuti chinali chopweteka panthawi yomwe Kutentha kunali kosautsa kwambiri - nyumba ya kalembera ya ku Georgia inali yofanana kwambiri. Khomo lalikulu ndi malo oyendetsa sitima anali ndi zipinda zingapo kumbali iliyonse. Mawindo akuluakulu ankatuluka dzuwa ndipo nyumbayi inali pamtunda wa maekala 600. (Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale imakhala pa maekala atatu.)
Nyumbayi inali pamtunda wa mtunda wa makilomita kuchokera kumadzi kuti ipindule ndi mphepo yozizira m'nyengo yachilimwe. (Reynolds Channel tsopano ndi imodzi mtunda umodzi chifukwa cha kuvomereza kumeneku.)
Chithunzi pamwambapa chikuwonetsera nyumba. Mzukulu wokondedwa wa Yosiya Martin, Mary Elizabeth, anali mwana pamene John Singleton Copley analembedwera kuti ajambula chithunzi chake. Copley ankadziwika kuti anali mmodzi mwa akatswiri ojambula zithunzi za nthawi yake. Chithunzi chachikulu cha chojambula choyambirira chimapachika pamtunda. (Chojambula chenichenicho chinagulitsidwa ndipo tsopano chikuwonetsedwa ku Addison Gallery ya American Art ku Phillips Academy ku Andover, Massachusetts.)
Malo oterewa anali malo osangalatsa a Martins ndi anzawo omwe anaitanidwa ndi achibale awo. Mu chipinda chino, nyimbo zikanasewera pamisonkhano yayikulu ndi yaing'ono, pamene moto unayaka pakhomo la nyumbayo. Zida zosiyana zingakhale kupezeka pa zosangalatsa zamakono. Nthenda mu chipindamo ndi yoyambirira yomwe ili ndi banja la Martin.
Pamene Rock Hall inamangidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1700, chakudya chinali chosungidwa m'chipinda chapansi pa nyumba. Mu Rock Hall Museum lero, malo owonetsera amasonyeza mmene nyama ndi masamba zimasungidwira m'chipinda chapansi. Chophikira "chodyera" chinali malo omwe akapolo a m'banja la Martin - komanso pambuyo pake, antchito a banja la Hewlett - amakongoletsa chakudya chomwe chinaphikidwa mu khitchini yakunja.
Kutentha kozizira kwa m'chipinda chapansi cha cellar kunathandizanso monga malo osunga mafuta a azitona ndi zina zambiri.
Nyumba ya Rock Hall ili pa 199 Broadway, Lawrence, NY (pafupi ndi Lawrence Middle School.) Nambala ya foni ndi (516) 239-1157. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale imatsegulidwa kuyambira Lachitatu mpaka Loweruka kuyambira 10 am mpaka 4 koloko masana, ndipo Lamlungu kuyambira madzulo mpaka 4 koloko masana. Zitsekedwa Lolemba ndi Lachiwiri.