H 97 SD 022 HISTORIC AND NATURAL DISTRICTS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO.)6)-oS·-05~\-jjS ~ DIVISION FORHISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD.~ -,-----,- _ NEW YORK STATE PARKSAND RECREATION SERIES-,.-_,-- _ ALBANY,NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO. -,-----,_-,--_ YOUR NAME:B. Van Liew, Consultant/ NS Foster DATE: 8/79 ..,--~ YOUR ADDRESS: Box 416, St James, L. I • TELEPHONE: 516- 584-5600 ORGANIZATION (if any): Natural Heritage........=.. Trust _ ******* * * * ************************* 1. NAME OF DISTRICT: Heckscher State Park 2. COUNTY: S_u_f_f_ol_k TOWN/CITY: _I_s_l_i=.p VILLAGE: East Islip 3. DESCRIPTION: The Park is situated in a deciduous forest bordered by marsh lands, a unecku, creating a separateness suitable for the multiple Park activities of picnicking, boating, swimming and camping. The Park entrance road, (A State Parkway) is adjacent to heavily populated South Shore towns. 4. SIGNIFICANCE: The Land has been of interest since the 17th C. when William Nicoll (1657-1723) bought if from the local Indians in 1683. The family lived here as uLords of theManoru naming it -"Islip Grange" until the 19th C. By the mid 19th C. the area was called "Great Neck", and after several owners of short duration, James Nea1(e) Plumb purchased in 1872 689 acres for an estate which was named uDeer Range Farm". During excavation for Plumbs large French mansardic style mansion, silver candlesticks and other items were unearthed. They were returned to the surviving Nicoll. George C. Taylor bought, in 1885, acreage to the west of Plumb's holdings. He too, built a mansion and many farm buildings in the prevailing style of architecuture, quite different from that preferred by the Plumbs. Later the Plumb estate (or parts of it) was bought by George Taylor. The large main residences were cut into sections, as part,: of the Plumb mansion 5. MAP: serve as a commercial building on Main Street, Bay Shore. An a11ee of trees from the Taylor mansion survives. DOT. Bay Shore East Quadrangle. 1858 - Chace. Islip Township 1873 - Beers, Comstock. Atlas of Long Island. Great South Bay. 1888 - District. 1915 - E. Belcher Hyde. Atlas of the ocean Shore of Suffolk County, Long Island, Westerly Section. Plate HP-2 Bailey, Rosalie Fellows. The Nicoll Family and Islip Grange.H 6. SOURCES: Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America. 1940.pp.3S-42. Bayles, Richard M. Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk Co••••• 1874. Reprint 1962. pp.2l8,2l9. Blakelock, Chester R."The Story of Heckscher State Park" Long Island Forum. vol IV July 1941. pp.159-163. Reprinted in Paul Bailey, ed. L.I. A History•••• N.Y. Vol II pp265-273. Caro, Robert A. The Power Broker. N.Y. Alfred Knopf. 1974. pp. 155,162,146,485. Dyson, Verne, Anecdote & Eve:nts in L.r. History. n.d~(?1968) pp35,36. Hollins, Harry. "Happy Hunting Ground". typescript. 2 pages. n.d. (?19l0). News Item. South Side News. 11/20/1872. See Attachment. 7. THREATS TO AREA: None BY ZONING 0 BY ROADS 0 BY DEVELOPERS 0 OTHER ~:..:..-..:...:.... _ BY DETERIORATION 0 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 8. LOCAL ATTITUDES TOWARD THE AREA: 9. PHOTOS: See AttacheIliehts. _____________/1 .- .~ HECKSCHER STATE PARK H .~ USAGE DESCRIPTION YEAR-CIRCA H 1 Maintenance Building 1872 H 2 East Bathhouse 1931 (1936) H 3 Supt's Quarters 1885 H 4 Supt's Garage 1934 H 5 Asst. Supt's Quarters l872 ~----- ..._~--,_/ H 6 Asst. 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"-:::-....-. - _.- , '" ~ ~ 10 c , -~' (; '" ~~--~ ]t:::re~-a cr,--------­ 5 ___-: ............_~~..• ~ __ -'if- ·.~'; ~. ~'\ , \; foRoute 27, 27A , Southern State Parkway 1'\.. ...pR~~ (;.n;~ ~W~ _ To Great River "'JI,o f6.(J'" LONG ISLAND STATE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION ~ ~ 0$' ~ II Tolls t; CAMPING ! .:z:'" I " ____I I.c.....l. OFFICE I~ '2, 4 HECKSCHER STATr: PARK Heckscher State Parkway East lsI; p, NewYork ::r:: 11730 GREAT SOUTH BAY