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Roslyn Village Historic District

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apply to expand the boundaries of the existing district. The state resubmitted the application, carefully explaining how Main Street constituted a visually and historically distinct collection of properties even within the proposed new district, and the Roslyn Village Historic District was added to
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All but 25 of the district's 65 acres (6 of 26 ha) are accounted for by the Main Street District, which includes all property along that Street between Glen Avenue and the intersection with East Broadway. The Roslyn Village district includes most of the remaining properties within the triangle
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the village's historic buildings in the 1960s, leading to the creation of the Main Street district, threatened older houses from elsewhere in the village and greater Roslyn area were moved to East Broadway to better protect them. An expanded historic inventory in 1979 led to a local
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building. By 1930 the East Broadway area was as developed as Main Street had been several decades before, and builders turned elsewhere, leaving the district to retain its own historic character.
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In the early 20th century there was still some room left to build on at the edges of the district, and in 1921 the Bryant Library on East Broadway gave the future district its major
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Since the settlement's earliest days, in the mid-17th century, its development had clustered around Main Street. That growth took off in the early 19th century after
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created by Main, East Broadway and Old Northern, and some areas to the northeast along Glen Avenue, going up to Route 25A and the old Northern Mill Pond.
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and any additions, demolition or alterations are subject to approval by the six-member Historic District Board. The Roslyn Landmark Society also holds a
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styles predominating. James K. Davis, who had earlier designed some of the Main Street houses, embraced the new
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buildings, including several listed separately on the Register, are generally distributed over a wider range of
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initially balked at the idea of having two separate districts, suggesting instead that the state
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a provision protecting the buildings in both its historic districts. They are recognized in its
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style is exemplified by Evangeline Charman's 207 East Broadway home, built in 1895.
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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As a result, the East Broadway houses skew to the late 19th century, with
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National Register of Historic Places in North Hempstead (town), New York
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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look in 1876 for his own house at 139 East Broadway. The
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Shops along Old Northern Boulevard, as seen in 2008.
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Roslyn Village Historic District is located in New York
Roslyn Village Historic District is located in the United States
Roslyn
NY
Glen Cove
40°48′03″N 73°38′49″W / 40.80083°N 73.64694°W / 40.80083; -73.64694
Federal
Greek Revival
MPS
86002650
that village
U.S. state
New York
Main Street Historic District
district
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Main Street district
Old Northern Boulevard
NY 25A
Long Island
North Shore
contributing
architectural styles
independence
Civil War
Victorian

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