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It is a busy time of the year! The Farm Stand is booming! The Lollipop Tran is running, and the kids who come off it are laughing excitingly! We are busy getting ready for the Pickle Festival! Mark your calendars September 16, 2023 from 10am-4pm!!!!
Speaking of events, I launched the Walking Tour and Pub Crawl of Downtown Greenlawn, which is a huge success! In October, I will launch Dine and Discover with Dave Clemens presenting The Heart of Centerport; Around the Mill Pond Then and Now, author of Centerport. I just confirmed the next Dine and Discover speaker, and I am really excited about them and what they are presenting in February. I am announcing that at this October Dine and Discover. Thank you for reading the e-newsletter, and thank you for being interested in the history of Greenlawn and Centerport!
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New Vegetable Stand
Harborfields High School Senior and Eagle Scout from Troop 113, Max Stratton built and donated a Little Free Vegetable Stand. It is one of two, the other stand is located at Harborfields Library where Max works as a Library Page. The stands earned Max the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America. Congratulations Max! Thank you so much for getting the vegetable stand donated to our Gardiner Farm Stand!
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Photos and Instagram
If you ever go to one of our events and you have pictures, you can put them on Instagram with #greelawncenterporthistorical and thank you!
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Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!
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Great business exposure!
Supporting the Pickle Festival means supporting the
Greenlawn Centerport Historical Association!
Any other questions, email me!
Click here for a Goldens Sponsor!
Click here for an Alart & McGuire Sponor!
Click here for a Captain Post Sponsor!
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Private Historic Walking Tour & Pub Crawl
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Historical Article: Centerport Post Office
(with help by Bruce Adams)
| I am out of the office because I had an emergency surgery this weekend. I am doing great. I am just recovering. I can't research the Centerport Post Office because I am not in the office. Please accept my IOU. The following pictures of Centerport Post Office are from Bruce Adams. Thank you! | | | |
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The Second Post Office was 20 Centershore Road, The BENHAM STORE, AKA DOVE HOUSE.
Sign above the door was CENTREPORT POST OFFICE, 1852 – 1857.
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The third Post Office was at 109 Centershore Road, TITUS HOUSE, later the site of TONY’S TAVERN / ROCKHOPPERS/ GRISTMILL PARK (1857-1864).
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The 6th Post Office was DICKINSONHOUSE, 103 Centershore Road (1899- 1911).
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Postmaster James Bunce built this 8th POST OFFICE BUILDING at 100 Centershore Road which served from 1934 to 1961. | | | |
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This 9th POST OFFICE BUILDING WAS at 31 Centershore Road, next door to Chalet Suites, and served from 1962 to 2002. | | |
Join and Rejoin the GCHA!
Please renew your membership or join because your annual dues give the future of Greenlawn Centerport Historical Association a steady foundation to maintain its two historic properties, the John Gardiner Farmhouse, and the Suydam homestead, and the preservation of paintings, photographs, documents, and ephemera at the Russell B. Brush Research Center. As members, you get a discounted admission rate on every one of our programs. We thank you for your continued interest in helping us to preserve your history for the future.
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Greenlawn Centerport Historical Association Mug
$12.00
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Centerport
Discover the Deco estates, summer camp spots, and stunning landscapes that Long Island's North Shore coastal community of Centerport has to offer.
Once known as Little Cow Harbor, the coastal community of Centerport on Long Island's north shore is rich in natural resources, including a beautiful harbor with several freshwater streams surrounded by wooded hills. Centerport was originally the site of several important mills, but in the late 19th century, it became a summer retreat for both the rich and the not so rich. Youth camps, most notably the Franciscan Brothers' Camp Alvernia; guesthouses; and resorts as well as popular restaurants dotted the shoreline. In the early 20th century, large estates were established by the Vanderbilt, Van Iderstine, Burling, Morse, DeBrabant, Whitney, and Corbin families on the Little Neck peninsula. As the 20th century progressed, modest and generously sized houses replaced the small farms and many of the large estates. The unspoiled natural beauty and rich history has for centuries drawn residents whose love of Centerport continue to make our village a great place to live.
$20.00
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Greenlawn: A Long Island Hamlet
From the archives of the Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association comes this striking visual history of the north shore Long Island hamlet of Greenlawn.
Originally known as Oldfields, the area was settled in the early 1800s by farmers. The extension of the Long Island Railroad through the farmlands in 1867-1868 provided the impetus for the development of a profitable pickle and cabbage industry, the growth of the community, and the arrival of vacationers, many of whom soon became year-round residents. Greenlawn includes stories of the Halloween eve conflagration, the Adirondack-style vacation retreat, the opera house, the farmhouse murders, the vaudevillians, and the Pickle King, among others. Today, houses cover the old farmlands; yet Greenlawnwith -one main street of small shops, a railroad crossing that halts traffic throughout the day, and many historical buildings-still retains its small-town charm.
$20.00
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