Between 1909 and 1920, two trolley lines
operated through Amityville.
The Cross-Island Line came
from Halesite, Huntington to the
Amityville docks. The Babylon Railroad line
ran from the Amityville Railroad Station
to the ferry docks in . . . — — Map (db m125959) HM
The Cross-Island Trolley line traveled from Halesite, Huntington to its southern terminus at the Amityville docks, from 1909 to 1919. Trolley passengers could transfer to ferries bound for the barrier beaches. — — Map (db m114808) HM
First Guided Missile
September 11, 1916
Here Lawrence B. Sperry first demonstrated to the U.S. Navy the Perry Aerial Torpedo - the first guided missile.
Presented by Sperry Gyroscope Company during 1960, centennial year of Dr. . . . — — Map (db m114811) HM
Opening in 1895 Led To
District Racial Integration.
Bell Tower Removed 1915.
School Closed 1972, Converted
To Administration Building — — Map (db m164237) HM
Purchased in 1793 by Thomas
Ireland. Four generations
ran saw & grist mill here.
Sold feed, grain, hay & ice
until ca. 1913. Razed 1915. — — Map (db m126763) HM
Railroad from NYC completed
October 1867. First depot
erected 1868 for travelers.
Local commerce and mail.
LIRR assumed line by 1876. — — Map (db m126002) HM
Congregation est. 1886. Chapel built 1888 by Wesley Ketcham under Rev. James H. Noble. Consecrated by Bishop A.N. Littlejohn in 1889. — — Map (db m177316) HM
At Penny’s Landing Farmers and Militia prevented the capture of Sloop Nancy by British Man of War Sylph. At Luce’s Landing Revenue Cutter Nathan Hale was captured by British Frigate after a valiant defense for three days by its . . . — — Map (db m20012) HM
First U.S. Auto Race Held
April 14, 1900. 50-Mile Round
Trip Queens to Babylon.
Sponsored By American Auto
Club. Won By Andrew L. Riker — — Map (db m173251) HM
In 1871, David S.S. Sammis started a horse-drawn trolley line to transport passengers from the Babylon railroad station to the ferry docks. In 1910, the line was electrified and extended west to the railroad station at Amityville.
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m64734) HM
Site of Marconi Wireless
Telegraph Station & School.
Trained Operators 1902-1907
Original Radio Shack Moved
To RCA Rocky Point in 1930. — — Map (db m173254) HM
Dedicated ★ A.D. 1919
In Honor Of
Ralph J. Billingsley • Leroy Johnson
Edward Joseph Cockerill • Percy Landwehr
Eugene Henry Floyd • Joseph F. Murphy
Eugene Matthew Ford • Roland R. Murray
John C. Huttle • Arthur Leigh Simrell . . . — — Map (db m98881) WM
To commemorate the supreme sacrifice
made by Babylon's heros
Eugene J. Cockerill • Leroy Johnson
Charles Duffy • Percy Landwehr
Eugene Floyd • Joseph F. Murphy
Eugene M. Ford • Roland Murray
John Huttle • Arthur L. Simrell . . . — — Map (db m98879) WM
This is the site of
the birth of the
American wireless. A
pioneer station here
in 1901 first talked
with ships at sea.
Guglielmo Marconi — — Map (db m122816) HM
This monument
is erected to honor
and perpetuate the
memory of
Capt. Joel Cook
A brave soldier who served in the
American Army throughout the
Revolutionary War, and who also
recruited and commanded a company
in the . . . — — Map (db m108831) HM WM
Robert Moses, (1888-1981), was responsible for more building than any single person since the pharoahs ruled Egypt. Between 1924 and 1968, Moses was the dominant and sometimes controversial force in the creation of extraordinary public work in . . . — — Map (db m125762) HM
First train arrived from
Jamaica October 11, 1867.
Rail brought NYC visitors
spurring resort era boom.
LIRR assumed line by 1876. — — Map (db m126112) HM
The Babylon Library
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2015
By The United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m155808) HM
On Memorial Day, May 31, 1897, the Babylon Women's Exchange presented the Village with an "enduring memorial" to their charitable work. With the last $400 remaining in the treasury, it was decided to purchase a drinking fountain for man and beast. . . . — — Map (db m108812) HM
Site of Argyle Hotel
Birthplace of the famous
Cuban Giants
First Professional Black Baseball Team
1885
Babylon Village Historic and Preservation Society — — Map (db m98897) HM
US Life-Saving Station
Built 1872 For Shipwreck
Rescue. Became Coast Guard
Station 1915. Active During
Prohibition, WWI And WWII. — — Map (db m155716) HM
Staffers from Babylon's Argyle Hotel made history in the summer of 1885, debuting as the first professional black baseball team, playing games near this location. — — Map (db m278544) HM
Bay Shore and the surrounding area, were called Penataquit, meaning "crooked creek," by the Secatogue Indians. In 1708, Queen Anne of England validated John Mowbray's purchase of the area from the Secatogues. Mowbray, a tailor and teacher from . . . — — Map (db m110955) HM
1701 Secatogue Indian land purchased by John Mowbray. Queen Anne granted patent. Known as Awixa, Mechanicsville and Penataquit. — — Map (db m108409) HM
U.S. Navy submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are on board these 52 U.S. submarines still on "patrol."
Albacore • Amberjack • Argonaut • Barbel • Bonefish • Bullhead • Capelin • Cisco . . . — — Map (db m111776) HM WM
This monument is dedicated
to the memory of all those
who served their country in the
United States Submarine Service
and to those who made the
supreme sacrifice to preserve
American Freedom.
Their legacy will live on
in future . . . — — Map (db m111779) WM
Local history of the United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS) dates back to the War of 1812 between the United States of America and Great Britain when William Baker organized the first team of volunteer surfmen to patrol Fire Island looking for . . . — — Map (db m112843) HM
Only LI public airport
w/grass runways. National
historic status 2008. Davis
Field 1910-52 then Edwards
1953-77. Islip Town 1978. — — Map (db m189121) HM
Islip Hamlet Land Grant by
British rulers William and
Mary to Andrew Gibb in 1692
associate of Wm. Nichol and
Leisler Rebellion Foe.
Hist Society of Islip Hamlet — — Map (db m290321) HM
Site of the invention of
the ball bearing
Patented by
Oliver Hazard Perry Robinson
March 13, 1866
Erected by
Bellport - Brookhaven
Historical Society
1968 — — Map (db m175116) HM
Modern Times octagon home
designed for economy of
space by William Upham
Dame. Residence 1st fl. &
M.T. assembly hall on 2nd fl. — — Map (db m142297) HM
1857-1907 One room school
- Octagon - at 3rd Ave & 4th St.
First teacher Mary Swain.
Moved to this site 1989.
National Register 1994 — — Map (db m142296) HM
1851 utopian community
based on equitable commerce.
Stephen Pearl Andrews &
Josiah Warren, founders.
Renamed Brentwood in 1864. — — Map (db m142298) HM
In 1877, Charles A. Codman met Indian spirit in form of an owl. His kind act toward the spirit is why the home became the Hermitage of the Red Owl. — — Map (db m143385) HM
[Side One:]
To the memory of
the patriotic spirit
of the people
and
sacrificing service of
our soldiers and sailors
who preserved
the union
one country
and one flag
[Side Two:]
1910
The 250th
Anniversary
of . . . — — Map (db m113742) HM WM
One of the Greatest Baseball
players of all time. A 1957 graduate
of Bridgehampton High School.
Baseball Hall of Fame inductee in 1989. — — Map (db m278540) HM
Built ca. 1898 As Part of
Masury Family Estate Located
1.4 MI South on Old Neck Rd.
Acquired 1957 by Holiday Beach
Property Owners Association — — Map (db m164182) HM
aka Terry-Ketcham Inn.
In 1791 Thomas Jefferson &
James Madison lodged here
while on a trip to visit
General Wm. Floyd of Mastic. — — Map (db m175384) HM
Estab. 1888, First Catholic
Summer Camp in the Country
Legendary Coach Vince Lombardi
Practiced Football Here
With St. Francis Prep. 1932 & 33 — — Map (db m147581) HM
AKA George & Charles Swope,
Burlesque Show Comedians.
Established Local Theater
Colony ca. 1900. George
"Rice" Swope Lived Here. — — Map (db m231233) HM
House built 1730, enlarged 1790 Carpenter shop added in 1840 Purchased in 1988 by the Greenlawn – Centerport Historical Association. — — Map (db m42822) HM
William K. Vanderbilt Estate Has Been Placed
On The National Register of Historic Places in 1985
By the United States Department of Interior. — — Map (db m147977) HM
Opened in 1889, grew from 40 patients to 10,000 by 1954. Inc. nursing school, farm, power & train depots. Closed October 10, 1996. — — Map (db m55302) HM
Opened in 1889. Grew from 40 Patients to 10,000 by 1954. Inc. nursing school, farm, power & train depots. Closed October 10, 1996 — — Map (db m121088) HM
A Callery Pear Tree, found in the rubble, following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, has become a living symbol of hope, resilience, survival, and rebirth.
When discovered, the 8 feet high tree, was severely . . . — — Map (db m270135) HM
U.S. Custom House
1848 - 1879
Jacob C. Hewlett, Surveryor
"To Enroll, License Vessels
Employed in Coasting Trade
and Whale Fisheries" — — Map (db m204933) HM
In Memoriam
On Aug.16, 1918 an aircraft
accident at this site
claimed the lives of 2nd Lts.
C.S. Gideon & Harold Maxson
stationed at Brindley Field.
Erected by the Town Historian — — Map (db m139135) HM
Exemplary Queen Anne Style house built in 1888 For Manley Hubbs,
wholesale fruit dealer. Later owned by State Senator Carll S. Burr, Jr. — — Map (db m308904) HM
Earliest Surviving House (C. 1769)
Associated With The Burr Family,
One of Comac's Leading Families
From the 18th Thru 20th Centuries. — — Map (db m176123) HM
Built in 1830 for the prominent
Burr family & enlarged in 1885 in
the French Second Empire style
used as a race horse breeding
& training farm in the 19th Cent. — — Map (db m148780) HM
First Panel:
This statue is
dedicated to those
in uniform who served
and continue to serve
our country and
protect its freedom
Second Panel:
World War I
1914 - 1918
The U.S. Military was engaged in WW I
from . . . — — Map (db m99518) HM WM
From 1910 to 1920, an electrified trolley line known as the Babylon Railroad extended from Amityville to Babylon, passing through Copiague along Oak Street to Great Neck Road and then east toward Lindenhurst. — — Map (db m106734) HM
Honoring the Four Heroic Chaplains who gave their life jackets so that four soldiers might live. The S.S. Dorchester was torpedoed February 3, 1943. As it sank, the four were seen linked arm in arm, heads uplifted in prayer.
[The top panel is . . . — — Map (db m98883) HM WM
First built as a wooden schoolhouse in 1911, the Great Neck Road School is the oldest elementary school in the Town of Babylon. Brick extensions were added to the original schoolhouse, in 1925, 1931 and 1954, to accommodate Copiague's growing . . . — — Map (db m98893) HM
Railroad line built 1867
LIRR assumed line by 1876.
First depot 1901 named
Copiague. Failed attempt to
rename Marconiville 1920s. — — Map (db m126110) HM
On this spot stood the
Zebulon Ketcham
homestead wherein
President Washington
dined, April 21, 1790,
while touring Long Island.
Razed in 1857. — — Map (db m252216) HM
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