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History

Points of Interest

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 1^st 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

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             50^th Anniversary of the Bayville Fire Department

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

1976            125^th Anniversary of the Bayville School

1978            100^th Anniversary of the Bayville Post Office

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

1981            Bayville Historical Museum dedicated

1981            50^th 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            100^th 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           140^th Anniversary of the Bayville School

1992            20^th Anniversary of the Bayville Historical Museum

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

 

Mayors of the Village of Bayville