The E.H. Rogers Feed Mill complex included a still existing rail spur and the adjacent “Costigan Building,” which was originally built as a storehouse in 1922.
A 1957 aerial photograph of Port Jefferson Station. Rather than the traffic light that exists now, there used to be a traffic circle that intersected at Routes 347 and 112, as well as Canal Road. Note the clear oval outline (bottom right of the…
The Terryville Post Office was located on Terryville Road and operated from February 10, 1888 to November 15, 1918. It was then re-established on December 9, 1924 and discontinued again on June 30, 1958. The area now receives service from the Port…
In 1888 Charles A. Squires was appointed to Postmaster by President Grover Cleveland and in 1910 he petitioned to change the name of the hamlet from Echo to Port Jefferson Station. This change was motivated by the newly opened Pennsylvania Railroad…
An article marking the one hundredth birthday of Thomas Hummel's grandmother, Marguerite Luge (pronounced Loojet) C. Hummel, who was born in Calais, France, and had planned to travel from England to the U.S. on the Titanic, but missed taking the…