The Manhasset Secondary School stands as the principal pillar upon which the town’s character and reputation lay; in academics, arts, and athletics, the institution is one both reflective of and responsible for our community’s legacy. By directive of the Works Progress Administration, construction of the building itself began in 1934. With design plans from architecture …

The Manhasset Meeting House was constructed and completed in 1720, and it was located in very close vicinity of the current meeting house. According to the Hempstead Town Records (Vol 3, p. 293), Joseph Latham sold the Meeting House for six pounds. The Meeting House maintained similar structure until 1780, despite a few minor repairs …

In 1853, John J. McMahon wrote to the See of New York Bishop John Hughes requesting creation a mission church to be established in Manhasset to accommodate the German and Irish Catholics that lived in the area.  Rev. McMahon would not have the opportunity to establish the Church, however, Father O’Beirne from the St. Michael’s …

In August of 1808, Horatio Gates Onderdonk was born of Joseph and Dorothy Onderdonk. In 1829, Onderdonk graduated from Columbia College and went on to become a merchant in NYC. Afterwards, Onderdonk became the county judge of King County, and began construction in 1836 on his house in Manhasset. Horatio would raise his three children …

Publicans is a cozy little bar located on Plandome road that was immortalized in the novel The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer.  This bar had opened in 1977 and was a hub of social life for the community. It was the place, where the hardworking patrons of the commuter town of Manhasset would come …

The large granite erratic that can be seen from the side of Shelter Rock road, is a piece of the geological history that is apparent within Manhasset. The Shelter Rock, is believed to have been deposited by glacial movement around 11,000 to 20,000 years ago, during the closing of the Pleistocene era. It’s size and …