SITE OF GRIST AND SAW MILL OF DANIEL RAYNOR,
RAYNORTOWN SETTLED BY EDWARD RAYNOR OR HIS CHILDREN, 1659
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935
Location:
Mill Road, between Main Street and Hanse Avenue
FREEPORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM ORIGINALLY A BAYMAN’S COTTAGE BUILT DURING THE CIVIL WAR ERA PRIVATELY OWNED UNTIL 1961 WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT BY THE NEWLY FORMED FREEPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 2000
Location: 350 South Main Street
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1999
Location: Guy Lombardo Avenue, south of Front Street
FREEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY ERECTED IN 1924 CHARTERED IN 1899 DEDICATED TO THOSE HEROS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1999
Location: 144 West Merrick Road
PARROT RIFLE FROM THE USS HARTFORD - FLAGSHIP OF ADMIRAL DAVID FARRAGUT DURING THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY AUGUST 1864 PRESENTED TO FREEPORT JULY 4, 1902
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1999
Location: Sunrise Highway and Centre Street
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EXEMPT FIREHOUSE THE OLDEST STANDING FIREHOUSE IN FREEPORT, BUILT IN 1913. MOVED TO PRESENT SITE IN 1931.
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 2001
Location: North Long Beach and Brooklyn Avenues
MIRACLE HOUSE 1906 BUILT IN ONE DAY TO SPITE A COMPETITORS EFFORTS IN A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT RACE. THIS FOREVER CHANGED THE LAYOUT OF LENA AVENUE AND ADDED WILSON PLACE.
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1999
Location: 146 Lena Avenue
GEORGE WASHINGTON PASSED THIS WAY ON HIS 1790 JOURNEY THROUGH LONG ISLAND
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 1999
Location: Grand Avenue and Babylon Turnpike
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SAND HOLE CHURCH SITE OF CONVERTED STORE. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN FREEPORT, 1833-58 NEAR CORNER OF OLD CROOKED AVENUE
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935
Location: Babylon Turnpike, south of Seaman Avenue
SITE OF STAGE COACH STOP. ROUTE BROOKLYN TO BABYLON; MERRICK POST OFFICE AND GENERAL STORE 1840-73; “LIBERTY FLAG POLE” 1862-92
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE MERRICKS
Location: Grand Avenue and Babylon Turnpike, Merrick, NY
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HOMESTEAD SITE 1687-1884 SIX GENERATIONS OF THE JONATHAN SMITH JR. BRANCH ROCK SMITH FAMILY. LONG ISLAND SETTLERS, 1664
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935
Location: Merrick Road and Central Blvd., Merrick, NY
This marker is presently missing.
PROPOSED FREEPORT LANDMARKS
FREEPORT MUNICIPAL STADIUM 1931-1983
MIDGET AND STOCK AUTO RACING VENUE. HOSTED
BOXING, FOOTBALL, AND EXHIBITION BASEBALL.
USED BY FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR SPORTS
AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 2007
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“THE LIGHTS” CLUB 1916-1939. ACTORS AND VAUDEVILLIANS MEMBERS INCLUDED
AL JOLSON, WILL ROGERS, VICTOR MOORE,
FLO ZIEGFELD, AND JOHN PHILIP SOUSA.
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 2007
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SITE OF GUY LOMBARDO’S HOUSE
710 S. GROVE ST. BAND LEADER FOUNDED
THE ROYAL CANADIANS “SWEETEST SOUND THIS
SIDE OF HEAVEN.” POPULARIZED USE OF
"AULD LANG SYNE" ON NEW YEARS EVE.
PRODUCED MUSICALS AT JONES BEACH THEATER.
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 2007
