Smithtown Sesquarcentennial Selfies-Optional Assignment Due 9/9

Smithtown Sesquarcentennial Selfies

This year we celebrate the 350^th anniversary, or sesquarcentennial, of our town’s founding.  Relics from our town’s history are all around us. You have the option to find one these historic sites, visit, take a selfie, and prepare a detailed paragraph-length write-up of this site’s significance.  You will need to use some ingenuity to find the site, research its significance (books on reserve in the Library), and of course,  take and print a photo of yourself experiencing the historical site.  This is a great activity to do with a friend, but you each must complete your own write-ups.   Again, include.

1.  An interesting picture of you at the site.

2.  A detailed write-up of the history behind the place.

3.  Some of your own impressions of the historical site from your visit.

Most of these site are NOT museums.  They are public place like houses of worship, working structures, and private homes.  Do not trespass, park illegally, or otherwise disrupt others or endanger yourself.

1.  Structures in the Blydenburgh Historic District (Located within Blydenburgh Park)

2. The St. James General Store (Moriches Road , St. James)

3. The Obadiah Smith House (Sunken Meadow Road, Kings Park)

4.  The Kings Park Psychiatric Center (off Rt. 25A, Kings Park)

5. The Mills Pond House (Rt. 25 just west of Mills Pond Road)

6.  First Presbyterian Church (Across from Smithtown Library, Main Branch)

7.  The Halliock Inn (Rt. 25a just east of the Smithtown Library, Main Branch)

8. The Wyandanch Club (Within Caleb Smith State Park)

9.  Box Hill Estate (Moriches Road or Harbor Hill Road St. James)

10.  East Farm (Harbor Road St. James)

11.  Deepwells Estate (Rt. 25a St. James)

12.  St. James Episcopal Church (Rt. 25a St. James)

13. Flowerfields (Mills Pond Road, St. James)

14. Statue of Whisper (Rt. 25a and Rt. 347 Smithtown)

15. St. James Railroad Station (Lake Avenue, St. James)

16.  Smithtown Town Hall (Main St. , Smithtown)

17.  Epenetus Smith Tavern (Main St., Smithtown just west of library)

18.   Caleb Smith House (HQ of the Smithtown Historical Society on library grounds)

19. Head of the River (General historic area in and around the bull and Nissequogue River)

20. Sherrewogue Estate (Harbor Road, St. James)