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The Museum Challenge
for the Town of Huntington is a historic treasure hunt, in which visitors
can purchase the map, shown here, for $10. They can then follow the map to
see ten different historic buildings.
Those completing the Challenge will receive a DVD copy of
the video history of Huntington created as part of the Town's celebration of its
350th anniversary in 2003. See previous
year's Challenges:
| The 1711 Henry Lloyd Manor House (#1), at 41
Lloyd Lane, Lloyd Harbor, was the birthplace of Jupiter Hammon,
the first African American poet published in America. |
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| At the Whaling Museum (#2), on Main
Street in Cold Spring Harbor, participants in the Challenge saw
a nineteenth century whaleboat and an extensive collection of
scrimshaw. |
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The 1892 Soldiers and Sailors Memorial building
(#3), a memorial to Huntingtonians who died in the Civil war
and the first Huntington Library, at 228 Mail Street in
Huntington, is a visitor center for the Huntington Historical
Society and the town, and is currently exhibiting some of the
best from the Society's collections. |
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The 1750 David Conklin Farmhouse (#4), shown
on the right, was acquired by the Huntington Historical Society
in 1911, and became one of the first museums on Long Island.
In the Challenge, participants learned that George Washington
used a chair now located in one of the Conklin House bedrooms.
Also a display on the 1912 Huntington Lighthouse and its
restoration. |
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The Huntington Lighthouse and Huntington Town Clerk's
Archives at Town Hall (#5). The archives was created in
1993. It houses historical documents which trace the Town's
origins and growth |
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At the 1795 Kissam House (#6), located at 434
Park Avenue in Huntington, participants toured the house and saw
the newly restored mid-ninetieth century kitchen and outside
bake oven |
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This is the only known arsenal still
standing on Long Island. It played an important roll in
Huntington's early participation in the American Revolution. |
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| The 1750 John Gardiner Farmhouse and Barn (#8),
located at 900 Park Avenue in Greenlawn, is owned by the
Centerport-Greenlawn Historical Society. This is the newest
museum property to be opened to the public. |
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The Northport Historical Society Museum (#9),
at 254 Main Street in Northport was built in 1914 as a Carnegie
Library. The recently refurbished exhibit space features
displays on the history of the Northport area. |
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The 1819 Walt Whitman Birthplace (#10). Walt Whitman, widely
recognized as America's greatest poet, was born in this small farmhouse. |
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