Watch the virtual recordings. Each of the sites on the 2021 Endangered Historic Places list was showcased in a free virtual program that included interviews and panel discussions open to the public in June and July 2021.
Tag: Long Island African American Heritage
Endangered Historic Places 2021:
Endangered Historic Places 2021: SANS Historic District
Demolition and intensive redevelopment threaten one of Long Island’s most significant Jim Crow- and Civil Rights-era historic districts in the Village of Sag Harbor.
Endangered Historic Places 2021: Peter Crippen House
A rapidly deteriorating property owned by Huntington Town with strong ties to Long Island’s early colonial development and African American history.
Higher Ground Receives Grant for Eato House Restoration
Grant funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation will support a restoration project at the historic Rev. David Eato and Mary Baker Eato House in Setauket.
Archaeological Study To Preserve Peter Crippen House History
The Peter Crippen House, a site of significance to the Town of Huntington’s African American history, was the subject of a recent archaeological study.
Historic Preservation for Long Island Communities: Huntington & Northport
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 (via Zoom)
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Hosted by Northport-East Northport Public Library, the discussion will include three important local sites associated with prominent African Americans, including the Peter Crippin House, Booker T. Washington’s Summer House, and the John and Alice Coltrane Home.