Three adjacent buildings (1353, 1355 and 1363 Old Northern Boulevard) were built for Frederick C. Hicks for stores from1895 to 1905. Since Hick's ownership, these three buildings have been sold as a three-building parcel.

The easternmost of these buildings at 1363 Old Northern Boulevard was once the office and press room for the Roslyn News. The press was in the rear of a large open room on the first floor. Later, it became the home for a popular bar/grill the Anchorage.

Sadly, the original building burnt to the ground on September 15, 2008. The current building was designed to replicate the original. It is now the home of the Roslyn Social restaurant.

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Frederick Cocks Hicks (1872-1925) was born in Westbury, New York with the original name Frederick Hicks Cocks. Hicks changed his name when he was adopted by his relatives. He attended Swarthmore College and Harvard University. He was a president of Roslyn Savings Bank, member of the Hicks, Kip & Herrick stock brokerage firm, and a director of Floral Park Savings Bank, Glen Cove Insurance Co., Nassau-Suffolk Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co., Nassau County Trust Co., and Sea Cost Realty Co.

From 1898 to 1925, Hicks also served as a United States congressman from 1915 to 1923. He was a supporter of women's suffrage. Hicks had been at the bedside of his dying wife prior to the final vote on the Nineteenth Amendment in 1918, but left at her urging to take part in the vote. Hicks provided the final, crucial vote, and then returned home for her funeral.

From 1898 to 1925, Hicks lived in a 53-acre estate in Sands Point. He died at the age of 53 years and was interned at Westbury Friends Cemetery.

Frederick C. Hicks

Circa 1905

The Roslyn Grist Mill and the three Frederick Hicks stores as seen from the Roslyn Clock Tower circa 1906.

Circa 1930

Anchorage in 1963