Many thanks to all who made our Annual Benefit on June 29, 2018 a success! Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and live music in a beautiful garden setting. The evening included tours of Highwood house and gardens.
Month: July 2018
2018 Country House Gathering at Highwood
Exhibition Gallery Talk:
Howard Sherwood: Preserving Long Island
July 14, 2018 at 2PM
Seventy years ago, the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities was founded. Concerned over intense post-World War II development, and influenced by heightened American patriotism, its early members sought to protect Long Island’s preindustrial past. At the Society’s center was Howard C. Sherwood, a wealthy urban antiquarian who […]
UPDATE: St. Paul’s School, Garden City
Garden City Village schedules first public presentation of plans for a new recreation-based municipal facility at St. Paul’s School (1879).
Custom House
Starting July 22, 2022 through October 30, 2022, the house will be open for guided tour visitors only on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The house is closed to the public on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Click HERE for tour times and sign-up information.