Roslyn Village Historic District
The Roslyn Village Historic District is a 1987 in the National Register of Historic Places registered conservation district and covers the center of the place in the US state of New York . It surrounds the previously created Main Street Historic District , which is, however, viewed as a separate historical preservation area. In contrast, the newer district of more business objects is along the Old Northern Boulevard, which makes an arc through the center Roslyns, away from the Town of North Hempstead Turnpike ( New York State Route 25A ), the main thoroughfare along the North Shores of Long Iceland . His contributing objects, some of which are individual entries in the register, span a broader range of architectural styles from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The conservation area covers 26 hectares, most of which is in the Main Street District, which includes all objects on this street between Glen Avenue and the intersection with East Broadway. The Roslyn Village District brings together most of the remaining buildings in the triangle formed by Main Street, East Broadway and Old Northern Boulevard, and some areas along Glen Avenue to State Route 25A and the old northern millpond.
history
From the early days of the settlement in the mid-17th century, development centered around Main Street. Growth accelerated after the Declaration of Independence when most of the houses on Main Street were built in the early 19th century. There was still demand for homes in Roslyn after the Civil War , and home builders and buyers alike turned to East Broadway, which shared the steep hillsides and shoreline of Roslyn Pond with Main Street, albeit in opposite directions.
As a result, most of the buildings on East Broadway were built by the late 19th century, with the style of Victorian architecture predominating. James K. Davis, who had previously designed some of the houses on Main Street, adopted the new Second Empire style with its mansard roofs in 1876 and used it for his own house at 139 East Broadway. The Queen Anne Style, on the other hand, is exemplified at Evangeline Charman's house at 207 East Broadway, which was built in 1895.
At the beginning of the 20th century there was still some space on the outskirts of the district, so in 1921 the Bryant Library gave today's monument protection area its dominant building in the style of the Colonial Revival . Around 1930, East Broadway had developed in a similar way to Main Street had been a few decades earlier, and house builders turned to other parts of the city so that the district could retain its own historical character.
Roslyn's Landmark Society began to draw attention to the identification and protection of historic structures in the 1960s, and as a result, the Main Street Historic Monument was created. Threatened houses from other parts of the village and the surrounding area were moved to East Broadway to better protect them. An expanded inventory of historic buildings was submitted to the National Park Service for registration in 1979 . During the review, those responsible in the agency shied away from the creation of a second historic district and suggested that the Office of Historic Preservation should request the extension of the boundaries of the previous district. The bureau reintroduced the records, carefully explaining why Main Street was visually and historically a completely different area, and ultimately because of this the Roslyn Village Historic District was added to the National Register separately.
conservation
Roslyn has incorporated regulations in its statutes to protect buildings in both of the town's historic districts. Any changes or demolitions must be approved by a six-person committee. The Roslyn Landmark Society has building restrictions on some properties.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Mark Peckham: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Roslyn Village Historic District . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . March 1986. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ^ Historic District Board . Village of Roslyn. January 2008. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
Coordinates: 40 ° 48 ′ 3 " N , 73 ° 38 ′ 49" W.