Actually, Mr. Murtagh is correct about the date on the photo showing the fire apparatus extending from Northern Blvd. over a house beyond the old Bulls Head Hotel building. I apologize to Howard Kroplick for providing him with that incorrect date – I had actually taken that photo in 1999. The house in question was going to be demolished along with the vacant hotel. The then developer/owner of these properties gave permission to the Roslyn Fire Department to practice venting (cutting through) its roof to allow practice smoke to escape from the house. Interestingly, this was the house that Aloysius Huwer, a veteran of the Civil War, built and moved into in the late teens after he sold the hotel and its corner property.
Regarding the above photo with the police officer standing on the corner, take a look at the long row of first-floor windows of the hotel that is facing us. These windows enclosed the hotel’s old front porch and, in 1932, housed the first post office in Greenvale. In later years, one of the building’s storefronts facing Northern Blvd. housed Dr. Cavoti’s original Greenvale Pharmacy, the first drug store in the hamlet. That pharmacy still operates today in Greenvale at a different location and under different management.
As a clarification, the hotel never burned down, but was demolished as I said above. The structure on the Huwer’s corner property that was destroyed by fire in the late teens was his …Auto & Wagon Shed that once housed the Vanderbilt Cup racing cars.
An interesting family story was told by my grandmother, Louisa Huwer Blumlein, Aloysius’ daughter. When her father was offered to buy the land directly across Northern Blvd. where Ben’s restaurant exists today, he said, and I paraphrase, “what do I want more property for?”
Herb, on May 30, 1970, the New York Times reported that at the Nassau County track championships :
Two meet records were set. Joe Galano of Roslyn outlasted Cliff Mandel of Sewanhaka to capture the two‐mile run in 9:19.8 Syosset's mile relay clocked 3:25.5 for the other mark.
The ANG site was used by RHS for the cross country team. The perimeter of the base marked the rolling hill course 2.5 mile course (2 laps) and included the giant hill by harbor hill rd that was infamous for both home and visiting high school teams. I competed there poorly from ‘68-70. RHS boasted a state champion Joe Galano during that period.
Herb, on May 30, 1970, the New York Times reported that at the Nassau County track championships :
Two meet records were set. Joe Galano of Roslyn outlasted Cliff Mandel of Sewanhaka to capture the two‐mile run in 9:19.8 Syosset's mile relay clocked 3:25.5 for the other mark.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
Love the write-up and thank you for adding more Greenvale content however I think the 2005 dates on the two more modern images of the Tavern taken just before it was torn down are incorrect. Those pictures had to have been taken at least 5 years earlier than that. After the Tavern was torn down it was replaced by a single story red brick building that in turn was replaced by the current shopping center. That brick building originally housed a Duane Reade pharmacy which I’m fairly certain was still the tenant in 2005. Eventually the pharmacy was replaced by Glen Cove Rug Co. before it was torn down a few years back. I’m not sure how to link it here but you can see what I’m talking about if you use the historical imagery feature on Google Earth. The tavern is there in the 1994 image but gone by the next satellite image taken in April 2000 by which point the brick building that replaced it is clearly visible. Please look into it when you can. Though I can’t provide any evidence beyond my own memory my guess is that the two photos are probably from 1998 or 1999. In the second photo the Roslyn Fire Companies are using another structure that was next to the Tavern building for a drill. I live a street away and remember very clearly as a young teenager standing on the corner watching that drill with some neighbors. Notice also that the mobile station on the corner was still open in the same photo. It also closed and was torn down before 2005. If only we could see the gas prices that would be the best evidence.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
Absolutely wonderful piece of history. I still miss the Greenvale of the 50’s, how I wish I had seen it and known it in the days of the races! Gone now is any sign of a town with a personality. Thank you for sharing these and thank you Fred!!!
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Fred, thanks so much for updating and correcting the profile. Your efforts in preserving the history in our community is much appreciated!
From Profiles: Bulls Head Hotel and Auto & Wagon Shed
Actually, Mr. Murtagh is correct about the date on the photo showing the fire apparatus extending from Northern Blvd. over a house beyond the old Bulls Head Hotel building. I apologize to Howard Kroplick for providing him with that incorrect date – I had actually taken that photo in 1999. The house in question was going to be demolished along with the vacant hotel. The then developer/owner of these properties gave permission to the Roslyn Fire Department to practice venting (cutting through) its roof to allow practice smoke to escape from the house. Interestingly, this was the house that Aloysius Huwer, a veteran of the Civil War, built and moved into in the late teens after he sold the hotel and its corner property.
Regarding the above photo with the police officer standing on the corner, take a look at the long row of first-floor windows of the hotel that is facing us. These windows enclosed the hotel’s old front porch and, in 1932, housed the first post office in Greenvale. In later years, one of the building’s storefronts facing Northern Blvd. housed Dr. Cavoti’s original Greenvale Pharmacy, the first drug store in the hamlet. That pharmacy still operates today in Greenvale at a different location and under different management.
As a clarification, the hotel never burned down, but was demolished as I said above. The structure on the Huwer’s corner property that was destroyed by fire in the late teens was his …Auto & Wagon Shed that once housed the Vanderbilt Cup racing cars.
An interesting family story was told by my grandmother, Louisa Huwer Blumlein, Aloysius’ daughter. When her father was offered to buy the land directly across Northern Blvd. where Ben’s restaurant exists today, he said, and I paraphrase, “what do I want more property for?”
Fred, thanks so much for updating and correcting the profile. Your efforts in preserving the history in our community is much appreciated!
From Profiles: Bulls Head Hotel and Auto & Wagon Shed
Herb, on May 30, 1970, the New York Times reported that at the Nassau County track championships :
Two meet records were set. Joe Galano of Roslyn outlasted Cliff Mandel of Sewanhaka to capture the two‐mile run in 9:19.8 Syosset's mile relay clocked 3:25.5 for the other mark.
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/31/archives/marman-clocked-in-1524-for-880-sewanhaka-ace-upsets-paul-in-nassau.html
From Profiles: Roslyn Air National Guard Station
Great historical information about Roslyn and George Washington. Well Done!
From News: Celebrating the Bicentennial of President George Washington's visit to Hempstead Harbor (Roslyn) in 1990
The ANG site was used by RHS for the cross country team. The perimeter of the base marked the rolling hill course 2.5 mile course (2 laps) and included the giant hill by harbor hill rd that was infamous for both home and visiting high school teams. I competed there poorly from ‘68-70. RHS boasted a state champion Joe Galano during that period.
Herb, on May 30, 1970, the New York Times reported that at the Nassau County track championships :
Two meet records were set. Joe Galano of Roslyn outlasted Cliff Mandel of Sewanhaka to capture the two‐mile run in 9:19.8 Syosset's mile relay clocked 3:25.5 for the other mark.
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/31/archives/marman-clocked-in-1524-for-880-sewanhaka-ace-upsets-paul-in-nassau.html
From Profiles: Roslyn Air National Guard Station
Mike, you might be right. I will research the date of the fire.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
From Profiles: Bulls Head Hotel and Auto & Wagon Shed
Love the write-up and thank you for adding more Greenvale content however I think the 2005 dates on the two more modern images of the Tavern taken just before it was torn down are incorrect. Those pictures had to have been taken at least 5 years earlier than that. After the Tavern was torn down it was replaced by a single story red brick building that in turn was replaced by the current shopping center. That brick building originally housed a Duane Reade pharmacy which I’m fairly certain was still the tenant in 2005. Eventually the pharmacy was replaced by Glen Cove Rug Co. before it was torn down a few years back. I’m not sure how to link it here but you can see what I’m talking about if you use the historical imagery feature on Google Earth. The tavern is there in the 1994 image but gone by the next satellite image taken in April 2000 by which point the brick building that replaced it is clearly visible. Please look into it when you can. Though I can’t provide any evidence beyond my own memory my guess is that the two photos are probably from 1998 or 1999. In the second photo the Roslyn Fire Companies are using another structure that was next to the Tavern building for a drill. I live a street away and remember very clearly as a young teenager standing on the corner watching that drill with some neighbors. Notice also that the mobile station on the corner was still open in the same photo. It also closed and was torn down before 2005. If only we could see the gas prices that would be the best evidence.
Mike, you might be right. I will research the date of the fire.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
Michael, you are amazing. Thank you for adding to our story. And Fred, I don't believe I ever knew that hotel was your family's! Patty, I will echo your statement: gone is ANY semblance of the town I knew and loved. I'd rather see a gas station on every corner than the monstrosities which have been erected mainly as tax losses and built by speculators who have no clue. But, as with all small towns, this too shall pass 💚
Thank you, Fred, thank you Michael.
From Profiles: Bulls Head Hotel and Auto & Wagon Shed
Absolutely wonderful piece of history. I still miss the Greenvale of the 50’s, how I wish I had seen it and known it in the days of the races! Gone now is any sign of a town with a personality. Thank you for sharing these and thank you Fred!!!
From Profiles: Bulls Head Hotel and Auto & Wagon Shed
The picture above has to date from at least 1930 as the vehicle in front of the store in the center looks to be a 1930 ford Model A.
From Profiles: Pleezing Food Store/Alfred L. Hart
Mark, here is the link: https://www.roslynlandmarks.org/projects/hicks-lumber-company-store .
From News: Views of the 1916 restoration of the Roslyn Grist Mill from the Bryant Library Local History Collection
Mark, the historic timber frames are currently being restored. The building will be put back together over the next two years.
From Profiles: Roslyn Grist Mill (Roslyn Mill Tea House)
I find all of this Most interesting, having grown up in Roslyn
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