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Iconic Setauket Light Station Nominated For Historic Registry Iconic Setauket Light Station Nominated For Historic Registry
Iconic Setauket Light Station Nominated For Historic Registry A nearly 200-year-old light station with a still-functioning lighthouse on Long Island is being considered to join the State and National Registers of Historic Places, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Old Field Point Light Station, located at 207 Old Field Road in Setauket, joins a total of 36 other properties across New York nominated by the governor on Friday, Dec. 29. Built around 1824, the station was originally comprised of a light tower with a keeper’s dwelling. It was fully paid for by the US Congress – costing $2,500 at the time – making it the first representation of federally-f…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Long Island Home-Turned-Museum And Nearby Church Recommended For Registers of Historic Places Long Island Home-Turned-Museum And Nearby Church Recommended For Registers of Historic Places
Long Island Home-Turned-Museum And Nearby Church Recommended For Registers of Historic Places The Mary E. Bell House in Center Moriches and a nearby church, both owned and built by an African American family during the 1800's, were recommended by the state Board for Historic Review for the New York and National Registers of Historic Places.  The sites are two of 18 recommended by the organization to potentially add to the 120,000 on the National register.  The two-story home on 66 Railroad Avenue was reportedly used as a site of worship for freed slave Abraham Perdue and his neighbors and friends, according to the town's Ketcham Inn Foundation.  Perceiving a need for…

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by Christina Coulter
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These Long Island Sites Nominated For State, National Registers Of Historic Places These Long Island Sites Nominated For State, National Registers Of Historic Places
These Long Island Sites Nominated For State, National Registers Of Historic Places A 19th-century waterside mansion in Northport and historically African-American community in Sag Harbor have special significance on Long Island have been nominated for the New York State Register of Historic Places. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, June 2 that Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Ninevah Beach, also known as “SANS,” and The Stanley H. Lowndes House at 155 Bayview Ave. had earned recognition on the state registry, among 17 sites in New York that were nominated. The sites are also nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. The Sag Harbor Hills, Azure…

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by Donna Christopher