Located south of the Loop Parkway where Jones Inlet meets Swift Creek, the Meadow Island Monument is dedicated to the Smith and Scott families who ran a popular hotel on the island. The granite and bronze monument was purchased in 1905 by Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Scott (nee Smith) for $1,450. One side of the monument lists the names of Mrs. Scott’s family: her parents, siblings, husband, and her children. The other side is dedicated to her brother Charles Smith who was killed by lightning in 1862 and her son Charles A. Scott who lost his life on the battleship Maine when it blew up in Havana Harbor in 1898.
Long Island Forum articles on Meadow Island available at the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Museum.
Articles about the New Inlet Hotel, located on Meadow Island from Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
