Christmas Ornaments, Past And Present
December 1, 2024
Compared to today Christmases past were simple affairs and the season certainly didn’t last two months!
Compared to today Christmases past were simple affairs and the season certainly didn’t last two months!
John Lockwood came to Huntington as a young man, and later worked as a clerk for a mercantile house in New York City.
The Huntington Historical Society archives contain several hundred business and farm account books from the 18th to the 20th century.
The North Shore Land Alliance, the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York State, the Village of Lloyd Harbor, and the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception have combined their advocacy efforts to insure the preservation of the seminary’s 200 acres of forest, fields and wetlands.
The Cinema Arts Centre has had a storied history on its way to becoming a cultural landmark.
An act banning the importation of slaves to the United States was passed by Congress in 1807. While prohibiting American ships from engaging in the international slave trade and from leaving or entering American ports, the act did not outlaw the slave trade within the United States.
Once upon a time there were over 70 commercial dairy farms in the Town of Huntington. In the early years, when Huntington was an agrarian community, people relied on locally produced goods.
Did you know that your family papers or artifacts can contribute to the social history of the Town of Huntington community?
To receive a letter makes the recipient feel important knowing that the sender took the time to write, choose stationery, purchase postage and mail.
The George McKesson Brown Estate, aka Coindre Hall is an example of a Gold Coast mansion built around the turn of the century as a summer residence for wealthy entrepreneurs. Coindre Hall’s history is similar to that of other mansions of its time.
From Gilded Age castle, to sanitation union resort, to Merchant Marine training center, to military academy, and finally restored to its original grandeur as a luxury hotel, Oheka castle has a varied and controversial history.
Notwithstanding the occasional snowstorm, winters have been getting warmer and wetter. In the past winters had more frequent single digit temperatures and several snowstorms a season.