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According to a historical summary prepared in 2003 for the Port Washington Public Library Local History Center, the Play Troupe had its beginnings in 1927 and gave its first public performance of 3 one-act plays — Green Chartreuse, The Fog, and The Roadhouse in Arden on January 28, 1928 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Parish Hall.
Much of the Port Washington area was settled by colonists in 1644, after they purchased land from the people of the Matinecock Nation. [2] [3]In the 1870s, Port Washington became an important sand-mining town; it had the largest sandbank east of the Mississippi River and easy barge access to Manhattan.
The Port Washington Woman’s Club established the city's first public library in 1899, which got its own building in 1961, when area resident W. J. Niederkorn paid to construct it on Grand Avenue. It provides books, magazines, computers, printers, study rooms, databases , audiobooks , e-books , and language-learning software.
LuEsther Turner Mertz (December 30, 1905, in Cincinnati, Ohio – February 5, 1991, in Port Washington, New York) was a businesswoman and philanthropist.She was the youngest child of a Methodist minister and his wife and trained as a librarian at Syracuse University.
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Washington provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Washington, where 43 libraries were built from 33 grants (totaling $1,046,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1916. Of the 43 libraries built, 32 still stand and out of those, 14 still serve ...
The Polish American Museum is located at 16 Belleview Avenue in Port Washington, New York, USA. It was founded on January 20, 1977. It features displays of folk art, costumes, historical artifacts and paintings, as well as bilingual research library with particular focus on achievements of the people of Polish heritage in America. [1] [2]
It was designed by Port Washington-based architect Frank T. Cornell, who had previously designed other prominent civic buildings in the area – including the Main Street School and extensions to North Hempstead Town Hall. [1] [5] The contract for the building's construction was awarded by the Federal Government to A. J. Paretta Contracting Co ...
The Village of Port Washington North is located entirely within the boundaries of the Port Washington Union Free School District. [16] [40] As such, all children who reside within Port Washington North and attend public schools go to Port Washington's schools. [16] [40]