Merrick Road / Fulton Street – Freeport – Freeport History Timeline ../../../index.html A research project focused on the combination of different open source technologies as a way to preserve and present historical data Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:52:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 A house is built in the vicinity of 26 Cottage Court ../../../a-house-is-built-in-the-vicinity-of-26-cottage-court/ ../../../a-house-is-built-in-the-vicinity-of-26-cottage-court/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:26:13 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=1660 c 1825

In 1845, a journal entry by Daniel M Tredwell describes the house as having been erected twenty years earlier by a doctor from Manhattan who was said to have been very rich and had mysteriously disappeared after three years. It was also claimed that a woman was murdered there sometime after that. Tredwell approximates the house is two hundred feet south of the Merrick Road. A private cemetery is on the north side of the road and to the west of George Smith’s homestead.

Personal Reminiscences of Men and Things on Long Island

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Freeport Long Island History: Lost Freeport 

]]> ../../../a-house-is-built-in-the-vicinity-of-26-cottage-court/feed/ 0 Residents vote to change name from Raynor Town, Raynor South and South Hempstead to Freeport ../../../residents-change-name-from-raynor-town-or-raynorville-to-freeport/ ../../../residents-change-name-from-raynor-town-or-raynorville-to-freeport/#respond Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:59:43 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=410 The western border between Freeport and Milburn runs along the middle of Coe’s Neck Road (Bayview Avenue) and then to the west of Benedict’s Poor House and farm by Fulton Street (Merrick Road) where a tidal stream, spanning from Milburn Creek separates Benedict’s property from Tredwell’s to the west.

]]> ../../../residents-change-name-from-raynor-town-or-raynorville-to-freeport/feed/ 0 George W. Bergen builds an estate in Freeport ../../../george-w-bergen-builds-estate-and-farm-in-freeport/ ../../../george-w-bergen-builds-estate-and-farm-in-freeport/#respond Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:27:37 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=50 – With his wife Susan (Carman) Bergen on land previously belonging to her father, Thomas Carman

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]]> ../../../george-w-bergen-builds-estate-and-farm-in-freeport/feed/ 0 George W. Bergen and Susan (Carman) Bergen begin living in Freeport full time ../../../george-w-bergen-and-susan-carman-live-at-freeport-estate-full-time/ ../../../george-w-bergen-and-susan-carman-live-at-freeport-estate-full-time/#respond Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:29:36 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=52 ../../../george-w-bergen-and-susan-carman-live-at-freeport-estate-full-time/feed/ 0 John J Randall purchases a house for a summer residence ../../../john-j-randall-purchases-a-seasonal-residence-in-freeport/ ../../../john-j-randall-purchases-a-seasonal-residence-in-freeport/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:04:59 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=1462 c Spring 1885

– Some accounts say c Summer 1884

– The D Wesley Pine residence on the north east corner of Fulton Street and Ocean Avenue where the post office presently stands

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]]> ../../../beauties-of-freeport/feed/ 0 John J Randall and William G Miller sell land in Freeport ../../../william-g-miller-and-john-j-randall-each-sell-land-and-buildings-in-freeport/ ../../../william-g-miller-and-john-j-randall-each-sell-land-and-buildings-in-freeport/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:01:00 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=1046

 

Is Miller’s sale his own land and first Freeport residence?

]]> ../../../william-g-miller-and-john-j-randall-each-sell-land-and-buildings-in-freeport/feed/ 0 Daniel B Raynor purchases Samuel S Carman’s homestead on Fulton Street ../../../daniel-b-raynor-purchases-samuel-s-carmans-homestead-on-fulton-street/ ../../../daniel-b-raynor-purchases-samuel-s-carmans-homestead-on-fulton-street/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:48:09 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=994 Presently SE corner of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue, Freeport

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]]> ../../../benedict-poor-house-for-sale/feed/ 0 Harpo Marx is a piano player at the Happy Times Tavern ../../../harpo-marx-plays-piano-at-the-happy-times-tavern/ ../../../harpo-marx-plays-piano-at-the-happy-times-tavern/#respond Fri, 03 May 2013 02:10:26 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=1763 c Summer 1907

The Schang Hotel includes the Happy Times Tavern which is a brothel catering to men hired to dig canals in Coes’ Neck and Freeport. It’s operated by the Schang family gang. Marx is fired when he contracts the measles. Soon after the Schangs are convicted of burglary and suspected of murder. Chico Marx later reveals that he also worked at the Happy Times Tavern sometime previously.

The hotel is located north of the future site of the Freeport Recreation Center, on the south side of Merrick Road.

Harpo Speaks

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