#MyLongIslandLandmarks was inspired by an Instagram hashtag. What resulted was a wonderful assemblage of well-known historic “landmarks” as well as Long Island places that, on the surface, may seem ordinary but become meaningful once their stories are known.
This exhibition explored how the art of cartography was used during the 19th and 20th centuries to define the geography of Long Island as a place for investment, industry and commerce, home-building, and ultimately, substantial growth and profit.
Dedicated to the late Huyler Held, a Preservation Long Island past president, this exhibition featured many of our most significant acquisitions, ranging from eighteenth-century masterworks of Long Island decorative arts to 20th-century ephemera.
Step back in time to see how Long Island was in the early 1900s through the ever-before-seen images of photographers Clarence A. Purchase, Arthur S. Greene, and Harry R. Gelwicks.
Built in colonial Setauket circa 1730 and located in a bucolic setting, the house contains period furnishings and features original late eighteenth-century hand-painted floral wall frescoes. Open June-October. Click HERE to book tours.
Completed in 1767 for Joseph Lloyd, the second lord of the Manor of Queens Village, Joseph Lloyd Manor was the seat of a 3,000 acre agricultural estate. Jupiter Hammon (1711–before 1806), one of the first published African American writers, was one of the many people of African descent enslaved at the site. Tours available June-October. Click HERE to book a tour.