Shoreham and Wading River / Jane Alcorn and Mary Ann Oberdorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcorn, Jane.

Oberdorf, Mary Ann., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Postcard history series.

Images of America

Postcard history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--New York (State)--Shoreham--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Historic buildings--New York (State)--Wading River--Pictorial works.

Postcards--New York (State)--Shoreham.

Postcards.

Postcards--New York (State)--Wading River.

Shoreham (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Shoreham (N.Y.).

Shoreham (N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Wading River (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Wading River (N.Y.).

Wading River (N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Wading River, settled by New Englanders in 1671, is reminiscent of a classic New England town with its steepled Congregational Church, village green, ancient cemetery, horse farms, and colonial homes. Shoreham, settled at the turn of the last century, went high-tech with the arrival of brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla and his famous tower and laboratory and highbrow as an eastern outpost of the Gold Coast. The two communities are linked by geography and shared traditions, such as a railroad line (sadly abandoned in 1938), a beautiful beach for summer fun, summer camps galore, an equestrian tradition, and glorious tennis--an unbroken rivalry since 1924. Shoreham and Wading River is an illustrated tale of two good neighbors vividly told through the magic of historic postcards from the Shoreham Village historical archives, the Wading River and Suffolk County Historical Societies, and private collections.

Contents:

Historic Wading River : the sands of time

Building the community : it makes a village

The camps and parks : into the woods

1895 : the world arrives at Shoreham's doorstep

The Shoreham Inn : arrival of the "in crowd"

A dream realized : Hapgood's Bungalow colony

The Shoreham estates : Gold Coast outpost.

OCLC:

885210096