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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
US Life-Saving Station
Built 1872 For Shipwreck
Rescue. Became Coast Guard
Station 1915. Active During
Prohibition, WWI And WWII. — — Map (db m155716) HM
