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Fleet's Hall served as polling place in 1904, when
Roosevelt was on the Republican ticket for president. William S. Moore, the committeeman responsible for calling the election, had missed a train and was delayed in arriving to Oyster Bay. Voters did not think it appropriate to hold an election
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was a resident of Oyster Bay and served as
Governor of New York State and later President of the United States. The building was used for events such as public meetings, concerts, receptions, dances, and dinners. It was also the site of the first moving picture screening in Oyster Bay.
135:"Dark and gloomy was the hall when the faithful Buchanan made his entrance. Not a living soul did he find in the hall, and down he sat to await the arrival of his friends and neighbors of the Fifth. Buchanan meditated amid the lonely surroundings for half an hour."
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in Oyster Bay. Fleet's Hall would go on to serve as an important civic and social meeting place in Oyster Bay for many years to follow. When
Theodore Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York State in 1898, a great celebration was held for him in Fleet's Hall.
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Fleet's Hall was the creation of Samuel Van Wyck Fleet (1851-1911). No building was present at this corner of East Main and South
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Historic Oyster Bay photo ca. 1890 showing
Snouder's Drug Store in left foreground, Moore's Building in right background, and Fleet's Hall to the right of that in the foreground.
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Digital duplicate provided by author from original available at the Oyster Bay
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This is one of a small handful of buildings in Oyster Bay referred to by the name of the proprietor who had it built. Others include the
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