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BAYVILLE POINTS OF INTEREST


 


 


Daniel Whitehead lived in Oyster Bay and purchased land from the Matinecock Indians; this area was known as Oak Neck and Pine Island and named Bayville in 1859. Asparagus raising began on the land divided into lots among 23 men.  An Indian campsite was discovered in Bayville in 1974 with skeleton remains dating to 1555.


 


The first school was constructed in 1851 on Merritt Lane and the Methodist Church was located just west of the school. The first drawbridge connected Bayville to Mill Neck.  Transportation by water taxi operated between Bayville and Oyster Bay and ferry service operated between Bayville and Stamford, Connecticut.


 


A casino was build at Oak Neck Beach in 1913 bringing people to this summer community with popular beaches.  Known as “The Oyster Company”, founded in 1887, the firm of Frank M. Flower & Sons, Inc. was the only industry in Bayville. The company is the grower of the famous Pine Island Oyster.


 


The Bayville bridge was completely reconstructed in 1991, ninety-three years since the first bridge was built.  If Robert Moses constructed a bridge across Long Island Sound,  the Village of Bayville would have been divided and would not have remained the quaint community it is today.


 

Introduction

BAYVILLE TIME LINE 


 


1658              Land purchased from Indians


1674              Land divided into lots among 23 men - Oak Neck and Pine Island


1754              Main road surveyed and completed -  named Main Street


1825              Asparagus raising began


1851              First school constructed on property - Merritt Lane


1859              Village named Bayville - was Oak Neck and Pine Island


1859              Methodist Church constructed - located just west of school


1877              Nicholas Godfrey was appointed postmaster


1887              Firm of Frank M. Flowers and Sons oyster business founded


1895              Second school constructed on School Street


1898              First drawbridge from Bayville to Mill Neck completed


1903             First public library constructed


1904             Second drawbridge constructed


1906             Electric power lines brought to Bayville


1906             Water taxi operated between Bayville and Oyster Bay


1908             Library established on Library Lane - known as Klondike Avenue


1909             St. Gertrude’s Catholic Church constructed - enlarged in 1939


1913             Casino constructed at Oak Neck Beach


1919             Bayville became an Incorporated Village - Winslow S. Pierce 1st Mayor


1919             First village meetings held in homes


1920             Village meetings held in second school on School House Road - School Street


1921             Village police department established


1922             Third drawbridge constructed


1923             Bayville fire company established


1923             First fire house constructed and equipment purchased


1929             Village Hall installed in converted store - corner of Perry Avenue


1929             New fire house constructed


1931             Third school constructed on Mountain Avenue


1937             Ferry from Bayville to Stamford made last trip – ran from 1920 to 1937


1938             Fourth drawbridge constructed


1950             Large building complex and 27 acres presented to village by Harrison Williams


1951             Village Hall and all Village Departments moved to new complex on School Street


1957             Addition to school on Mountain Avenue - five classrooms


1957             American Legion building constructed


1959             St. Gertrude’s Church became independent parish


1959             New Methodist Church constructed on Mountain Avenue -

                     The Bayville Village Church

1961             Primary School constructed on Godfrey Avenue – 22classrooms


1961             Home delivery instituted by Post Office


1961             Oyster Bay Hospital opens in Bayville on the former Clarkson Estate


1962             Village Police Department disbanded – services from Nassau County Police


1965             Locust Valley High School opens - now Central School District #3


1965             Bayville has water system - first well on School Street


1967             Hospital in Bayville closed


1969             Bayville Golden Jubilee Celebration - fifty years since incorporation


1970             Third water well on Godfrey Avenue


1972             Children’s Library addition to Bayville Free Library


1972             Bayville Historical Museum opened


1973             50th Anniversary of the Bayville Fire Department


1974             Indian campsite discovered in Bayville - skeleton remains dating to 1555


1976            125th Anniversary of the Bayville School


1978            100th Anniversary of the Bayville Post Office


1978            St. Gertrude’s Parish Center on School Street dedicated


1981            Bayville Historical Museum dedicated


1981            50th Anniversary of the Elementary School on Mountain Avenue


1984            Community Center established


1985            New Pumping Station


1986            Bayville Soundside Beach purchased and dedicated - formerly ”Pump’s Park”


1987            Dedication of the Harrison Williams Woods


1987            100th Anniversary of Frank M. Flower and Sons - Bayville’s only industry


1988            90 years since the first Bayville Bridge was built


1989            Firehouse remodeled


1989            New addition to the Methodist Church building


1989            St. Gertrude’s Church restored and interior refurnished – a Carillon added


1991            Bayville Bridge completely reconstructed


1991           140th Anniversary of the Bayville School


1992            20th Anniversary of the Bayville Historical Museum


1992           Storm and flooding in Bayville - extensive damage to dwellings on shore lines


1994           75th Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Village of Bayville

1997           25th Anniversary of the bayville Historical Museum

1998           The Village purchased the Angelo Pegno Property on 2/2/98 (corner Bayville & Ludlam Aves.)

                   The Village purchased the Schmitt Property on 2/4/98 (16 acres of wetland)

                   75th Anniversary of the Bayville Fire Company

1999           Dedication of "The Bayville Commons" (corner Bayville & Ludlam Aves.)

                   Plans for the celebration of the Year 2000 in Bayville

2000           New Millenium Celebration

                   Cooking Light Magazine multi page story and emphasis on health in Bayville

                   Drainage system for entire east end completed

2003           Raising of Bayville Avenue (west end) to 50 year flood elevation

2003/2005  Village Water System and Pump Houses upgraded

2004           New antique lighting installed throughout the Village

                   Village Creek Beach dredged

2005           Bayville Adventure Park initiated

                   Trails established and forest remediation undertaken in Harrison Williams Woods

                   Informational kiosk established at Woods

                   Placed all Village owned property (except Water Dept. property) in parkland

2006           Bayville Adventure Park opened

                   Bayville Cemetery turned over to the Village of Bayville

2008           Village Zoning Codes begin to be reviewed

 

 

 

                                                                         Gladys M. Mack,  former Village Historian

 



Mayors of the Village of Bayville

Winslow S. Pierce                    1919-1929

Hugo G. Jahn                           1929-1936

Martin J. McCaffrey                 1936-1948

A. Winslow Valentine               1948-1953

Edward F. Brickell                   1953-1962

Duncan Sterling, Jr.                  1962-1974

J. Howard Stapleton                1974-1982

Victoria Siegel                         1982-1990

Edward J. Esposito                  1990-1994

Victoria Siegel                         1994-Present

Village Trustees

INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BAYVILLE TRUSTEES


 

Henry McCaffrey                         1919-1921


Henry L. Carr                              1919-1924


Emil L. Jensen                            1921-1923


Louis Valentine                           1923-1927


Winslow S. Coates                      1924-1932


John J. Seaman                          1924-1926


Otis J. West                               1924-1929


Peter Pennington                        1926-1930


Hugo H. Jahn                             1927-1929


Martin McCaffrey                        1929-1936


George E. Abeel                         1929-1933


William H. Mott                          1930-1932


Bert E. Cole                               1932-1946


Walter L. Furrer                          1932-1934


Temple H. Tweedy                      1933-1935


Robert B. Cooper                       1934-1936


A. Winslow Valentine                 1935-1948


Otto Klicpera                             1936-1948


Howard C. Taylor                       1936-1949


John M. Tilford                           1938-1944


Malcolm Dorber                         1944.-1946


Wallace J. Leitner                      1946-1948


Robert C. Denninger                   1946-1948


Louise Jahn Hains                      1948-1952


Edward F. Brickell                      1948-1953


George Cook                             1948-1951


Francis L. Rossiter                     1949-1953


Richard J. Jones                        1951-1962


Ada Carr                                   1952-1960


Harry R. Hotine                          1953-1961


Allen Lefferts                             1953-1954


George R. Westby                     1954-1955


Harold T. Bergren                       1954-1962


Joseph P. Feraco                       1954-1964


Joseph D. Saumweber                1955-1956


Arthur B. Collins                        1956-1958-1966


Joseph T. Kelly                         1958-1964


Helen P. Lefferts                       1960-1964


Marion J. Jozefowski                 1961-1962


Josephine R. Young                  1962-1966


Joseph DelGiacco                     1962-1966


Thomas O. Alfano                     1962-1966


J. Howard Stapleton                  1964-1974


William M. Griffing                     1964-1968


Anthony D. Cariisto                   1964-1967


Arthur B. Collins                        1966-1970


Jan Mendelsonn                        1966-1970


Joseph E.Sanzoverino                1966-1970


Edward J. Esposito                    1967‑1990


Francis A. Finnerty                    1968‑1970


Alfred C. Hesse                          1970‑1984


Richard J. Kita                            1970‑1974


John T. Kochendorfer                  1970‑1974


Richard H. Walsh                       1970‑1974


Anthony B. Grandinette              1974‑1976


Joan A. Imhof                             1974‑1982


George Niforos                           1974‑1982


William H. Wright                       1974‑1978


Patrick F. Caputo                       1976‑1977


Lawrence V. Egan                      1977‑1978


Victoria Siegel                           1978‑1982


George E. Albro, Jr.                   1978‑1986


Richard Felske                          1982‑1986


George Jehn                              1982‑1986


Sandra Wien                             1982‑1983


Richard M. Walka                      1983‑1984


Peter J. Clark                            1984‑1988


Stephen G. Frommer                 1984‑1991


Daniel DiNapoli                         1986‑1990


Peter Muscianisi                       1986‑1990


Anthony D. Perri                       1986‑1992


Lawrence K. Reid                     1988‑1996


Rena Bologna                          1990‑1994


Robert H. Broccolo                   1990‑1994


Michael V. Flanagan                 1990‑1994


Francis Bates                           1990‑1992


Robert T. West                         1992‑1996


Douglas G. Watson                   1992­


David Gugerty                           1994­-1998


Sarah Jansen                           1994‑1998


Dominic Bianco                        1994‑2006


Paul McBride                           1996-­2008


Timothy Horgan                        1996-2008


Carol Kennedy                          2002-

Paul Rupp                                2006-

John Laurine                             2006-


Kate Naughton                         2008-


Peter Valsecchi, Jr.                  2008-