The Lindenhurst Historical Society is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a William G. Pomeroy Foundation Historic Transportation Marker grant. The grant funds were utilized to procure a Pomeroy Marker bearing an inscription that indicates the historic significance of the 1901 Restored LIRR Depot and Freight House and the role both the Depot and the Rail Road played in the 1870 founding of the City of Breslau.
The Historic Transportation Marker will be unveiled in a joint ceremony held by the Lindenhurst Historical Society and the Inc. Village of Lindenhurst on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the 1901 Restored Depot and Freight House located at Irmisch Park at the intersection of South Broadway and South Third Street beginning at 1PM. Included among the speakers helping to unveil the marker are Lindenhurst Village Mayor Mike Lavorata, Lindenhurst Village Trustees Doug Madlon and Maryann Weckerle, Lindenhurst Village Historian Anna Jaeger and Town of Babylon Historian Mary Cascone.
Credited as Long Island’s first railroad museum, the Depot and Freight House replicates the Lindenhurst stop on the LIRR, recalling its original location along East Hoffman Avenue, close to the grade crossing at No. Wellwood Ave.
Depot Museum Site Manager Ed “Skip” Meinhold will help host the ceremony. “We are excited to kick off the Depot’s 50th Anniversary Year with the Marker’s unveiling,” said Mr. Meinhold. “Our museum staff is looking forward to an exciting summer season at the Depot and hope to culminate our 50th Anniversary year in an even larger celebration this October.” The 1901 Depot and Freight House Museum are opened to the public from June thru October on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 2:00PM to 4:00PM. Admission is free.
The Lindenhurst Historical Society has enjoyed a valuable and mutually advantageous partnership with the Inc. Village of Lindenhurst. United in a shared vision to preserve, the partnership has produced three instances whereby buildings relevant to Breslau’s/ Lindenhurst’s founding and subsequent development as the 4th largest village in New York State were protected from demolition and preserved as museums. The Lindenhurst Historical Society is proud to manage all three buildings as museums; The Lindenhurst Historical House Museum (reopening Fall 2024) at 272 South Wellwood Avenue and at Irmisch Park, the 1901 Restored Long Island Railroad Depot and Freight House Museum and the Old Village Hall Museum(reopening Summer 2024).
“All our museum buildings are all historically valuable in their own right,” said Village Historian Anna Jaeger, “but also provide intrinsic and germane exhibit space along with valuable storage for the Society’s collection of local artifacts, objects and historical items.”
“We are proud to be recognized once again by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for our commitment to historical accuracy and to our ongoing endeavors to celebrate our community’s rich history,” said Village Museum Director Marianne Guglieri. “We are looking forward to the unveiling and to the community joining us to help celebrate this special event.”
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