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 Both
cards: Lake Avenue. Left: The
second house has a sign that says
Real Estate, House to Let. On the right in the distance is the Nissequogue
Hotel. Right: the building shown on right is still
there and is known as the Flatiron Building. |
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Both
cards: Lake Avenue. Left: The
second house has a sign that says
Real Estate, House to Let. On the right in the distance is the Nissequogue
Hotel. Right: the building shown on right is still
there and is known as the Flatiron Building. |
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 Left:
"Lake Ave. from Railroad," - from the Flatiron building. Ice Cream is
sold in the store at the left. Right: R. R. Depot,
St. James, which was completed in 1873. For another card of the
station, click
here. |
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 "Post
Office, St. James" This building is on Lake Avenue just north of the
rail
road tracks. As you can see in the picture, two bay windows were added
on the right, and an extension at the left. |
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"Gould's Hotel, St. James." The road ahead is 25A. The triangle is still there. To the right is Lake Avenue. The hotel is gone (it burned down) and Lake Avenue was cut straight through the property for better traffic flow. Across from where the hotel stood is the fire house. For a scan of the card with it's original message giving directions, click here. |
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"Fire House, St. James, Long Island." This location was chartered in 1922 and expanded in 1953. It is on 25A Across from the location of Gould's Hotel shown above. The sign announces bingo every Friday night. |
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 Left: In 1905
the Nissequogue
Hotel was built on the southeast corner of Lake Avenue and Railroad
Avenue.
The hotel had the latest conveniences, gas lighting and
indoor
plumbing. It burned down in 1962.Right: Sunshine Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. S. Valvo, Proprietors - Hobson Avenue, St. James, Long Island |
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 Two
views of the School House, St. James. Built in 1905, the real photo
card on the left was mailed in 1908. The
restored building on the south
side of 25A and still has the belfry. It is used for
law offices. All that is around it has changed significantly many times
over the years. |
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 Left: St. James
Episcopal
Church - built in 1854. The church is still on 25A and in
beautiful condition. For
another view, click here.
Architect Stanford White is buried in the cemetery. Right: "R. C.
Church, St. James,
L. I." This is St. Philip & St. James Roman Catholic Church on
25A. |
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 "Riis
Building, St. James." I was told this was now (2002) Vickers Gallery on
25A. As you can see from the photograph at the right, it can't be. It
doesn't
have three bays, and the chimney is in the wrong place, etc. It's
actually on
Lake Avenue near the RR tracks. |
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  Left:
the illustration from a 1894 Scientific American article about the new
150 foot high windmill in St. James, built by Andrew J. Corcoran for
the estate of Prescott Hall Butler. Click the section of the column to
read the complete article.Right: St. James Harbor with an inset of Camp Liberty. Both show the windmill. |
 | Jarrells Dock in St. James Harbor. |
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 Three
views of "Deepwells St. James,
L. I. Residence of J. W. Gaynor, Mayor of New York." William J. Gaynor
was mayor from 1910 until his death in 1913. Deepwells Farms is open to
the public. |
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 Left:
Gaynor House 1910 photo with awnings on porch. To see a similar view, click
here. Right: A 1923 real estate ad (click to see the full ad)
lists Deepwells for sale or to let, furnished or unfurnished.
"... Will be rented with five acres of lawns adjoining, with
garage or stable accommodations, or both, or with 50 acre farm
adjoining, with farm buildings and cottage for gardener." |
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 "Everett
Smith General Store, St. James, L. I." Mailed in 1907. The building
remains
almost as built by founder Ebenezer Smith in 1857. It is still on
Moriches
Road, at the intersection of Harbor Hill Road, and is known as the St.
James General Store. Right: July of 2003. |
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 Home
of Mrs. Stanford White in Nissequogue photographed by Feather. Stanford
White was murdered in 1906. The 1917 map at the right (click image for
more map) is probably the location had this house on it, but
there is another property at the bottom of the map. |
