Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society, Inc.

October 19, 2019 Open House NY Weekend
2019-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
“THE INSIDER’S WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC DOUGLASTON”
Time: 2 pm
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2019
Meeting Place: The Douglaston LIRR Train Station, 235th St and 41st Ave, off Douglaston Parkway
Reservations Required: The tour is limited to 30. Reservations are $5/person and must be made online through OHNY at OHNY.org–the exact details will be available on October 1, 2019. Check back here or at the OHNY.org site to register for the walking tour.
What To Wear: the walk is strenuous and takes place rain or shine–dress appropriately.

TOUR DESCRIPTION:
Historic house enthusiasts from all over NYC will gather on Saturday, October 19th, for “The Insider’s Walking Tour of Historic Douglaston” highlighting some of the Douglaston Historic District’s most interesting homes and landscapes.
The two-hour walking tour will start at the LIRR Station Plaza at Douglaston’s historic Village commercial district, continue along the Douglaston Historic District’s waterfront, and culminate with a guided exploration of the newly completed $2 million interior restoration and renovation of the 1819 Van Zandt-Douglas Mansion, the home of one of the wealthiest families in America during the 19th century.
The Mansion is one of only five freestanding Federal style houses to survive in New York City and today is the home of the members only Douglaston Club, now celebrating its 100th year of ownership of the house and its 3-acre grounds. Refreshments, fruit and cookies will be served on the expansive 55 foot-long front porch overlooking the front lawn of the Club.
This Open House NY event is locally co-sponsored by the Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society, the Douglaston Local Development Corporation and the Douglas House Trust.

October 5, 2019 Garden Party 30th Anniversary
2019-10-05 19:00 - 21:30 | The Home of Jim & Maura Wrynn, 8 Hillside Avenue, Douglaston, NY, 11363, United States
Let’s Celebrate 30 Years of Historic
Preservation in Douglaston and Little Neck
Join the Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society on
Saturday, October 5, 2019 • 7–9:30 p.m. for an Autumn Garden Party
At the home of Jim & Maura Wrynn
8 Hillside Avenue, Douglaston, New York 11363
$75.00 per person • Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and music
RSVP by September 27th • Attendance is limited

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Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society,
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May 25, 2019 Neighborhood Architecture Day
2019-05-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Douglaston Train Station Plaza, 234-21 41st Ave, Flushing, NY 11363, Douglaston, NY, NY, 11363, United States
DLNHS 2nd Annual Neighborhood Architecture Day
Saturday, May 25 – 2 to 4 pm
Douglaston Train Station Plaza, 235th Street and 41st Avenue
Learn about architectural styles
in Douglaston and Little Neck.
The Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society invites you to join us at this FREE family event with Historian Susan DeVries. Ms. De Vries has a background in historic preservation and New York City history, and is a former director of a historic house museum and staff member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Tours begin at the station plaza at 2:00 and 3:00. Each tour will be followed by an opportunity for children to “design their own building.” Art supplies will be provided.
Questions: info@dlnhs.org

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May 25 2019 Neighborhood Architect Day Poster

May 5, 2019 Janes Walk
2019-05-05 13:00 - 16:00

May 4, 2019 Annual Meeting
2019-05-04 10:00 - 13:00 | Community Church of Douglaston, 39-50 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston, NY, 11363, United States
SATURDAY MAY 4, 2019
2 PM
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF DOUGLASTON, PARLOR ROOMAnnual Meeting
and Special Presentation about local Matinecock History

The speaker at this year’s annual meeting will be Donna Gentle Spirit Barron. A native Montaukett and Matinecock Indian, she has written seven books sharing her family’s rich history here in Douglaston and Little Neck on the shores of Little Neck Bay. She will unfold the story spanning nine generations of local history through the lens and personal history of her family.

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Annual Meeting Poster

April 13, 2019 Preservation Workshop
2019-04-13 13:00 - 16:00
Learn about how to research, maintain and conserve your historic home.

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The DLNHS invites you to join us for this workshop led by two experts in the field of historic preservation.
Have you ever wondered about who built your house, who has lived there before you, what it looked like when it was first built? Our first speaker is Gregory Dietrich who has been working in the field of historic preservation for over sixteen years in both the public and private sectors. He will lead the first workshop session on how to research historic buildings.
Are you unsure how to maintain or improve your older home that was built with much different building materials? Our second speaker is Dan Allen, a Principal at CTA Architects, PC. His workshop session will teach you how to identify the different types of materials used in our older homes and provide advice on how to maintain and conserve them.
RSVP’s are requested for this free workshop. Either click on the link above, or email rsvp@dlnhs.org.
Gregory Dietrich, Gregory Dietrich Preservation Consulting
Historic Buildings Research
This session will help you research your historic house, or any historic building in the community.
Dan Allen, Principal, CTA Architects P.C.
Building Materials – Identification and Care
This session will provide an overview of common building materials used in the houses of Douglaston and Little Neck. The speaker will explain how these materials are employed, how to identify them, and “scratch the surface” on their maintenance and conservation.

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Want to learn more about the presenters, read their BIOs:
Gregory Dietrich Bio Dan J Allen Bio 2018

Nov 10, 2018 Matinecock Nation Burial Ceremony
2018-11-10 16:00 - 17:00
THE DOUGLASTON AND LITTLE NECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Nov 10 2018

October 21, 2018 The Sergy Walk
2018-10-21 11:00 - 14:00
In July, we presented a tour of Douglaston and Little Neck’s forgotten waterways with Sergey Kadinsky, author of Hidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs.

June 2, 2018 Annual Meeting
2018-06-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Community Church of Douglaston, 39-50 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston, NY, 11363, United States
Annual 2018 Great Yaught

May 5, 2018 Jane's Walk
2018-05-05 10:00 - 13:00 | Little Neck LIRR Train Station, Little Neck Pkwy & 39th Ave, Queens, NY 11363, NY, 11362, United States
SUNDAY MAY 5,2018
MEET AT 2 PM AT LIRRWalking Tour in Little Neck
from LIRR Station
to Van Nostrand Court

Our walk will start at the 1890 Little Neck Station house, stop at the rustic stone walled Glenwood Landing, pass through the Westmoreland neighborhood, and conclude with refreshments at Van Nostrand Court.
Click on this link for more information.
Reservations are required.
Join us Architects Victor Dadras, Robert Dadras and Kevin Wolfe for a walk back through time, starting with the mid-century modern Railroad Station House at Douglaston Village, to nearby Douglas Manor, a century old residential neighborhood overlooking the Long Island Sound that has the largest collection of Arts & Crafts style houses in New York City, including three by A&C master, Gustav Stickley. Our sojourn through this NYC designated Historic District culminates with refreshments and a reception in the garden of a picturesque 1911 gambrel roofed Arts & Crafts style gem by architect George H. Chichester. As organized NYCity-wide by the Municipal Arts Society, this Jane’s Walk 2018 Event (honoring the spirit of Jane Jacobs on her 100th birthday anniversary) is co-sponsored by the Douglaston Local Development Corporation and the Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society.

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October 29,2018 Architect Day
2018-04-29 13:00 - 16:00 | Douglaston Train Station Plaza, 234-21 41st Ave, Flushing, NY 11363, Douglaston, NY, NY, 11363, United States
Neighborhood Architect Day April 29, 2018

October 18, 2015 Walking Tour
2015-10-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Katherine Turner Richardson Park, corner of Douglaston Parkway & Poplar St.,, Douglaston, NY, 11363, United States
The Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society
Invites you to
A walking tour of the Douglaston Hill Historic District,
With Kevin Wolfe, architect and historian
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015
1 pm-3 pm
Tickets: $20.00
If purchased in advance
At www.DLNHS.Org
Location ( see details below)

Location:
Meet at the grand staircase of the Catharine Turner Richardson Park, corner of Douglaston Parkway & Poplar St., Douglaston NY 11363.
Reception:
Tour will conclude with cookies and cider on the classic front porch of a recently restored 1899 Queen Anne Style mansion overlooking the park.
328 Manor Road
Douglaston, NY 11363
718-225-4403
WWW. DLNHS.ORG

2015 Annual Meeting
2015-04-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Douglaston Club, 600 West Drive, Douglas Manor, NY, 11363, United States

Jan. 8, 2015 "Alice's World" Film Screening/Discussion: Douglaston/Little Neck Library
2015-01-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Douglaston/Little Neck Library 249-01 Northern Boulevard, 249-01 Northern Blvd, Little Neck, NY, United States
Join us on Thursday, January 8 6:00 p.m.
Douglaston/Little Neck Library
249-01 Northern Boulevard 718-225-8414 Train: LIRR / Bus: Q12, N20, N21
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Douglaston/Little Neck Library in conjunction with the Douglaston-Little Neck Historical Society.
Queens Library is an independent, not-for-profit corporation and is not affiliated with any other library system.
Admission is free. www.queenslibrary.org
Light Refreshments will be served
Jan 08, 2015 Alices_World_flyer

June 1, 2014 Beech Tree Fundraiser
2014-06-01 13:00 - 16:00
2009 DLNHS 20th Anniversary Fundraiser Update: Station Beech Tree
Five years ago, our iconic Beech Tree at the Douglaston Train Station, was pronounced to be in steep decline (perhaps dead within a year) by the New York City Parks Department Arborist and the late Thomas Gaines, local landscape architect/horticulturist. In the five years before, more than half of the tree had died and it was dying rapidly. Beech trees are VERY sensitive, and typically once branches die back, it’s only a matter of time.
The Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society decided to be PROACTIVE rather than wait until the Beech Tree was dead and scramble for a solution, or worse, have the City have its own solution, which might have included paving over the island.
Our 2009 20th Anniversary Gala dedicated funds raised to the purchase, removal, planting, irrigation and care of a replacement Beech Tree for the Station. These funds have been set aside by the DLNHS and are inviolate, they cannot be used for anything else.
The Station Beech Tree was planted in the 1880s and is the scion of the original Weeping Beech brought to Flushing in the 1850’s by Samuel Parsons, nurseryman, from Europe. All Weeping Beeches in the United States are descended from this original cutting brought from an estate in Belgium.
A 20-foot Beech Tree to replace the Station Beech Tree was purchased by and shipped to New York from Ohio (nationwide search) after the fundraiser by Joe Pizzirusso of New Creations Landscapes. Mr. Pizzirusso did not ask us for money to pay for this, instead generously offering to hold the tree and care for it in his nursery in Melville, Long Island, where it remains as of 2014, and is growing nicely. Beech trees are a very slow growing tree. When the time comes, he will bring it to Douglaston and plant it. Mr. Pizziruso donated his services in procuring it, caring for it (and eventually) planting it as a gift to Douglaston, as his personal thank you to this community, where he has worked with many clients over the past 20 years.
The Parks Department has maintained the tree since the 2009 prediction of demise, pruning it promptly whenever there is die back, and watering it in the intense heat of summer (lack of irrigation is another issue for its survival), and so far it has worked, staving off imminent death.

October 14, 2012 House Tour
2012-10-14 09:00 - 12:00
October 14, 2012 House Tour Brochure

Oct 18, Sesquicentennial Celebrations
2003-10-18 10:30 - 16:00 | Zion Church, 24301 Northern Blvd, Douglaston, NY, 11362, United States
Walking Tours Douglaston Sesquicentennial
1853 – 2003 From 19th Century Farm to 21st Century Suburbia,”The Hill” Celebrates 150 Years
Come celebrate with us on October 18th
House Tours ~ Architectural Tours ~ Udall’s Cove Tour ~ Reception
Event Details
Douglaston Hill is marking the 150th anniversary of its transition from rural farmland to suburban neighborhood. On July 23rd, 1853, the “Map of the Village of Marathon (now Douglaston Hill), at the head of Little Neck Bay” was filed, thus forever transforming Jeremiah Lambertson’s farm into what would eventually become, and still is to this day, a classic example of a “Garden Suburb.” Douglaston Hill is included in the National Register of Historic Places and the New York State Register of Historic places.
“The filing of this map is historically significant not only to Douglaston but to all of New York City.” According to William Sievers, Vice President of the Douglaston / Little Neck Historical Society.
“Lambertson’s creation of large 200 ft. by 200 ft. lots laid out in an urban grid represents the genesis of a New York City suburb. The neighborhood is still largely intact, allowing people today to see first-hand how suburban life in the city evolved.”
“When you walk through Douglaston Hill you feel like you have traveled back in time.” notes Kevin Wolfe, Architectural Historian, DLNHS Founder and past President.

Douglaston Hill is bounded on the south by Northern Boulevard, on the west by Douglaston Parkway, on the north by the Long Island Railroad’s Port Washington Line and on the east by Udall’s Cove Upland Ravine Park. While the land was subdivided and sold 150 years ago, the area behind Zion Church was not developed in earnest until the late 1800s to early 1900s, with most lots built upon by the 1930s. Architectural styles ranging from late nineteenth and early twentieth century Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Shingle Style, Tudor Revival, Prairie Style and American Craftsman designs still exist throughout “the Hill.”

The Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society will be celebrating Douglaston Hill’s sesquicentennial with a series of events culminating on October 18th with tours of area homes, the Zion Churchyard, and Udall’s Cove Upland Ravine all of which will be followed by a reception at the Community Church of Douglaston. Here’s a schedule of the planned events:
10:30am – 2pm Check in at Zion Church Parish Hall (44th Avenue). All tickets including house tour brochure will be available that morning
11am Walking Tour: Upland Udalls Cove Ravine
11am – 4pm Zion Churchyard Tour (self-guided)
12 noon – 1:15pm Historical/Architectural Tour of Douglaston Hill
1pm – 4pm House Tour: Douglaston Hill Homes
2:30pm – 5pm Reception at “The Attic” cafe lounge (Reserve early. Space limited.)
Douglaston Hill was added to the National Register of Historic Places and New York State Register of Historic Places on September 12th, 2000. The community applied for New York City Landmark Designation several years ago and their application is currently under review by the Landmark Preservation Commission. The Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society, a not-for-profit 501c(3) corporation, was founded in 1989. The DLNHS’s mission is to encourage historic research, preserve and protect historic buildings and sites, collect and preserve historic records and relics, and promote public knowledge of, and interest in local and national history. The society receives support from the Preservation League of New York State, New York Council on the Arts Grant Program and the Historic District Council of New York.
For more information about the historic society:
Douglaston Little Neck Historic Society
328 Manor Road
Douglaston, NY 11363
info@dlnhs.org
