The Valley Road Historic District is in the South of Manhasset on Community Drive Manhasset. This district holds valuable cemeteries and archaeological sites that are the remains of Success, which was a community of free blacks, former slaves, and Matinecock Indians that lived along the Valley Road. The Valley Road Historic District truly encompasses the …

This African Methodist Church was organized in 1820, and finally built in 1833 from land purchased by Reverend Anthony Treadwell. This area was the epicenter of the area called success. It was formerly known as the “Colored People’s Meeting House.” The cemetery around it holds former slaves, freed women and men, and Mattinecock Indians. It …

The Manhasset Bay’s first residents were the Matinecook Tribe of the Algonquin Indians. Then, in around the 17th The Manhasset Bay was taken over by the Dutch. Due to the Dutch presence, the bay was called the Schout’s Bay. Then, due to the large presence of cows, it was remained Cow’s bay, only to be …

The town board decided on Manhasset to be the home of the new town hall on May 23, 1905 because of its central location with respect to the other towns (Port Washington, Great Neck, Roslyn, etc.) and its proximity to the railroad station.  The construction began shortly after in 1906 and the hall was presented …

In 1941 four families from Port Washington joined together in order to create a liberal education for their children, and a few years later, three of the families remained and they formed The North Shore Unitarian Society. At first, the meeting space used was a large house at 8 Murray Avenue. In the 1950s, the …

The Miracle Mile houses the Americana Manhasset which is the most renowned shopping center on the Long Island Gold Coast. The Americana Manhasset began development in 1956 when it was purchased by Gerace & Catagna Inc, which is a masonry contracting firm that was founded in 1922. It was in the 1980s, that Frank Castagna …

This home was originally built in 1906 for William Singer and was later bought by the Grace family, and named Gracefield. The house was built in Palladian architectural style. In the 1980’s the Gracefield Mansion was sold to a developer, who gave the mansion its current name of Gracewood. This mansion is currently used as …

The Greentree Estate is a 400-acre property purchased  in 1904 by Payne Whitney for his bride, Helen Julia May, in 1904. Later, John Jay Whitney and his second wife Betsey, occupied the main house, where Mrs. Whitney remained in residence there until her death in 1998. The original estate, in fact, is a consortium of …

Mary Jane Davies Green sits across the North Hempstead Town Hall.  It features a white gazebo that is the main attraction of the park with paved pathways and sitting areas spread across the area.  It also features a children’s playground with water sprayers.