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: Long Island
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.
Spies in the Collection!
Curator Lauren Brincat takes a close look at items in Preservation Long Island’s collections connected to members of the Culper Spy Ring.
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.
Family Movie Night at Sherwood-Jayne Farm
Date: Friday, August 24, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Pack a picnic dinner, spread out your blanket on the lawn, and come see Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory together with family and friends.