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Preservation Long Island

Jupiter Harmon Project, Joseph Lloyd Manor Tours

February 16, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Jupiter Hammon ProjectPreservation Long Island will host a guided tour of the ca. 1767 Joseph Lloyd Manor on Saturday, February 18th.

The program is part of Preservation Long Island’s ongoing work with the Jupiter Hammon Project to explore the site’s complicated history and the life of America’s first known published African American poet, Jupiter Hammon (1711-before 1806), one of the many people of African descent enslaved at the site. [Read more…] about Jupiter Harmon Project, Joseph Lloyd Manor Tours

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Preservation Long Island

Advocates: Pass The Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act

January 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

Unmarked Burial Site Protection ActThe Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act is back on the New York State legislative agenda in 2023.

Advocates for the measure are urging readers to contact their state legislators to act swiftly to pass the New York State Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act (2023-S630) and send it to the Governor before the legislative session ends in June. [Read more…] about Advocates: Pass The Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Advocacy, Archaeology, Cemeteries, Historic Preservation, Indigenous History, Preservation Long Island

Edward Lange Long Island Artworks Sought For Research

January 5, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Winter scene by Edward LangeDuring the 1970s, staff at Preservation Long Island launched the first major effort to document all the known Long Island works by the artist Edward Lange who depicted local communities with precise detail during the 1870s and 80s. [Read more…] about Edward Lange Long Island Artworks Sought For Research

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Historic Preservation, Long Island, Material Culture, Nassau County, painting, Preservation Long Island, Suffolk County

Artoberfest! A Celebration of German American Artist Edward Lange

October 19, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

artoberfestEdward Lange (1846–1912), was a German American landscape painter who worked in and around Long Island during the 1870s and 1880s. Lange sketched and painted town centers, local businesses, and private residences with precise detail. [Read more…] about Artoberfest! A Celebration of German American Artist Edward Lange

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Preservation Long Island, Sherwood-Jayne Farm

Long Island Endangered Historic Places Nominations Sought

October 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Peter Crippen HouseImportant historic places across Long Island are threatened by a variety of adverse conditions, from outright demolition to a lack of appreciation for their historic value, or the inability to develop sustainable long-term plans for preservation and stewardship.

Preservation Long Island (formerly the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities), established the biennial Endangered Historic Places Program with the goal of raising region-wide support for historic places facing precarious circumstances. [Read more…] about Long Island Endangered Historic Places Nominations Sought

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Historic Preservation, Preservation Long Island

Preservation Long Island Receives Collections Care Grant

September 2, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

preservation long islandPreservation Long Island (PLI) has announced they are the recipients of an Inspire! Grant for Small Museums from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Collecting since its founding in 1948, Preservation Long Island’s diverse and comprehensive collections comprise approximately 3,000 objects and 185 cubic feet of archival materials. [Read more…] about Preservation Long Island Receives Collections Care Grant

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Grants, Preservation Long Island

Long Island Preservation Excellence Awards Announced

June 17, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

preservation long islandPreservation Long Island has announced the recipients of their biennial Preservation Awards, which recognize individuals, organizations, and projects that demonstrate extraordinary achievement in fields related to historic preservation on Long Island. [Read more…] about Long Island Preservation Excellence Awards Announced

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Preservation Long Island

Art of Edward Lange Project Launched With Website, Events

May 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Edward Lange, [Northport, Lower Main Street], 1880 from the Collection of Preservation Long IslandPreservation Long Island has announced the Art of Edward Lange Project, a collaborative effort to reexamine the life and art of Edward Lange (1846–1912), a German immigrant and prolific landscape painter who worked in and around Huntington, Long Island during the 1870s and 1880s. Lange sketched and painted town centers, local businesses, and private residences. [Read more…] about Art of Edward Lange Project Launched With Website, Events

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Cold Spring Harbor Exhibition Gallery, Cultural History, Huntington, Long Island, painting, Preservation Long Island, Suffolk County, Town of Huntington Historic Partnership

Jupiter Hammon’s An Essay on Slavery (Virtual Screening)

February 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

jupiter hammons an essay on slaveryPreservation Long Island will host the first public screening of theater artist Malik Work’s interpretation of Jupiter Hammon’s An Essay on Slavery, on Wednesday, February 9th.

Jupiter Hammon (1711– ca.1806), was among the first published African American authors whose work was published during their lifetime. He was enslaved by the Joseph Lloyd family in Lloyd Neck, Long Island. [Read more…] about Jupiter Hammon’s An Essay on Slavery (Virtual Screening)

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Preservation Long Island

Long Island’s 2021 List of Endangered Historic Places

June 3, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Peter Crippen House front façade courtesy Preservation Long IslandPreservation Long Island’s Endangered Historic Places List for 2021 includes seven sites and one district facing a variety of threats from demolition and overdevelopment, to a lack of municipal funding and support for historic preservation in communities throughout the region. [Read more…] about Long Island’s 2021 List of Endangered Historic Places

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Long Island, Preservation Long Island

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