Congratulations to Islip residents and three cheers to our friends at the Oakdale Historical Society whose advocacy energized broad community support for this important designation!
Tag: Historic Preservation
Preservation in Progress:
Mitchel Field Air Base and Flight Line
Date: Saturday, October 20, 2018
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Explore one of America’s premier air bases (a newly listed National Register Historic District) with the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s expert guides.
Preservation in Progress:
American Venice Bridges, Copiague
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Babylon’s Town Historian, Mary Cascone, discusses Copiague’s iconic American Venice bridges. Following the talk, we’ll visit the nearby reconstruction project underway.
UPDATE (July 2018): Saint Paul’s School, Garden City
The Village of Garden City presents an insensitive plan for destructive changes at one of Long Island’s most remarkable publicly owned historic resources.
Past Exhibition:
Howard Sherwood: Preserving Long Island
Seventy years ago, SPLIA was founded. At its center was Howard C. Sherwood, a wealthy urban antiquarian who bequeathed to the Society his collection of American antiques and the 18th-century Sherwood-Jayne Farm.
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).