Hometown Archeology
My visit to the Freeport Historical Museum last Sunday was quite pleasurable, despite the lack of air conditioning in the Civil War era “Bayman’s Cottage.” I was heartened by the all-volunteer (seemingly all female) staff, and their endurance of the heat and the low ceilings. The Museum Curator, Cynthia Krieg, helped me find the postcard below of my parent’s house in its earlier incarnation as The Wind Mill Inn, and a former Our Holy Redeemer classmate of mine, Regina Feeney, talked with me about Nikola Tesla’s Long Island Lab in Shoreham, and other architecture deserving of preservation.
Postcard of Freeport's Wind Mill Inn (circa 1915?)
Letterpress Poster promoting L.I.G.H.T.S. Club
Dinner honoring Victor Moore
Unknown Vaudeville Performer
Freeport Historical Museum
Unnamed Vaudevillians
Ms. Glover, I had been planning to visit Freeport, but not for the 19th Century. I had heard that Freeport was the best preserved “Levittown” post-WWII housing development. Is this true? Are any of the 900 SF homes still in original condition?
Hi Glenn: Good to hear from you; I will send you a message via email.
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