 The headquarters of the Roslyn Landmark Society in June 2012. | |
| Formation | 1961 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dr. Roger and Peggy Gerry |
| Type | Historical society |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Landmarks and historical preservation; education |
| Headquarters | 36 Main Street, Roslyn, NY 11576 |
| Website | www |
The Roslyn Landmark Society (also known as RLS) is a nonprofit historical society headquartered at 36 Main Street in Roslyn, New York. [1] It serves as the historical and landmark society for the Greater Roslyn area.
The Roslyn Landmark Society was founded in 1961. [1] [2] It was founded by Dr. Roger Gerry and his wife, Peggy when the historic downtown of Roslyn was threatened by destruction associated with urbanization. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was created to help preserve the Roslyn area's local history and to educate locals on the area's history. [2] [5]
In the late 2010s, the funds needed were raised to restore the historic Roslyn Grist Mill, which is owned by Nassau County. [6] [7] [8] The project, which the Roslyn Landmark Society is involved in, had been delayed for several decades, and as part of it, the property will be restored, and the Roslyn Landmark Society will use it as an education and research center. [2] [7] The project is ongoing as of 2021. [9] [10]
During the same decade, the Roslyn Landmark Society was also involved in restoring the marble horse tamers originally located at Clarence Mackay's former local estate, Harbor Hill. [11]
In 2020, the Roslyn Landmark Society was one of the organizations involved in preventing a historic home in East Hills from being demolished. [12] [13]
As of 2021, the Roslyn Landmark Society's current presidents are is Howard Kroplick and John Santos. [1] [14] Kroplick had also served as the Town Historian of the Town of North Hempstead for 7 years until retiring from that position in 2019. [15]
The Roslyn Landmark Society gives annual tours of selected historic properties in Roslyn. [16] Some of the Roslyn historic properties protected by the Roslyn Landmark Society have restrictive covenants. [2]
East Hills is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 7,284 at the time of the 2020 census.
Flower Hill is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The eastern half is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. Western and northern parts are more closely associated with Manhasset and Port Washington. The population was 4,794 at the time of the 2020 census.
Greenvale is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 1,069 at the time of the 2020 census.
Roslyn is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is the Greater Roslyn area's anchor community. The population was 2,988 at the time of the 2020 census.
Roslyn Estates is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 1,318 at the time of the 2020 census.
Roslyn Harbor is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 1,067 at the time of the 2020 census.
Roslyn High School is a public high school in Roslyn Heights, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is the only high school in the Roslyn Union Free School District, serving all of the district's students in grades 9 through 12.
Harbor Hill was a large Long Island mansion built from 1899 to 1902 in Roslyn, New York, for telecommunications magnate Clarence Hungerford Mackay. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White, with Stanford White supervising the project – the largest private residence he ever designed.
Roslyn is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Oyster Bay Branch. It is located at Lincoln Avenue and Railroad Avenue, west of Roslyn Road and south of Warner Avenue, in Roslyn Heights, in Nassau County, New York.
The Mackay Estate Gate Lodge is a historic gatehouse located in the Incorporated Village of East Hills in Nassau County, New York, United States.
The George Washington Denton House is a historic home located in the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It was built sometime between 1873 and 1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was designated a Village of Flower Hill Historic Landmark in 1996.
Samuel Adams Warner House is a historic home located at Roslyn in Nassau County, New York.
The Flower Hill Cemetery, also known as the Burtis Cemetery and Old Cemetery at Flower Hill, is a historic cemetery and historic site located within the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill, in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.
The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore is a Reconstructionist Jewish synagogue located in the Incorporated Village of Plandome in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.
Country Estates, Inc. was a 20th Century American real estate development company. It developed many luxury housing developments on Long Island, New York and in South Florida.
Oakdene was a Gold Coast-era estate in Roslyn, on Long Island, in New York.
The Park at East Hills is a village-owned park in East Hills, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is exclusively open to East Hills residents and their guests.
Old Northern Boulevard is a major, 2.4-mile (3.9 km) road in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York. It is a bypassed section of Northern Boulevard between Middle Neck Road in Flower Hill & The Locusts in Roslyn Estates, east through Roslyn, with NY 25A being the termini for both ends of the road.
Nassau County Route 7 is a major, 11.64-mile (18.73 km) north-south county highway in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, connecting the Incorporated Villages of Freeport and Roslyn. It consists of two discontiguous segments linked by one-block stretches of Front Street and Peninsula Boulevard in Hempstead: County Route 7A (Roslyn–Hempstead) and County Route 7B (Hempstead–Freeport).
Henry Johanson was a 20th-century American architect who worked extensively in designing buildings throughout the New York metropolitan area. A number of his works have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.