We are pleased to share a blog written by PLI Intern Daghan Konur, who has been working with our Education and Engagement Director, Andrew Tharler, on a project to reconstruct the biographies of individuals enslaved at Joseph Lloyd Manor.
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From Silence to Story:
The Peter Crippen House: Preservation Update and Vision for the Future
This summer’s Gardiner Young Scholar, Genevieve Barbee of Cornell University, helped update our Endangered Historic Places list. In this post, she highlights the history and significance of the Peter Crippen House, listed in 2021.
The “Clifton” Birdhouse: Victorian-Era Bird Architecture on Long Island
We are pleased to welcome to the blog, Sarah Egan, a graduate curatorial intern, who spent the summer researching objects in Preservation Long Island’s collection, including an intriguing cast-iron birdhouse of “Clifton” house manufactured by the Miller Iron Company in 1868.
Beauty in Captivity: Obadiah J. Downing and the Craftwork of Prisoners of War
Tommy, a high school collections intern, shares his summer research on a pair of bone napkin rings carved by Civil War veteran, Obadiah Jackson Downing (1835–1925), during his captivity at Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia.
Gatsby’s Gold Coast at 100
This April marks the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel that transformed Long Island’s North Shore into a symbol of Jazz Age glamour and ambition. Preservation Director Tara Cubie explores the real people, places, and estates that inspired Fitzgerald’s fictional world—and how the Gold Coast’s legacy continues to shape our fascination with Gatsby a century later.
Incidents at Rockaway: Harriet Jacobs and the Marine Pavilion
This Women’s History Month, Chief Curator Lauren Brincat shares a powerful story from Harriet Jacobs’s (1813–1897) autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, detailing the author’s experience staying at the grand Marine Pavilion in Rockaway during the summer of 1843.