|
History of Great Neck Estates |
|
| 1921 | Playhouse Theater functions as legitimate theater. |
| 1922 | 150
homes built in Great Neck Estates selling for $25,000 and up. Kensington School built. School population 4,500. |
| 1925 | 839 people in Great Neck Estates. First grant of underwater land for park through efforts of Judge H.S. McKnight F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda live at 6 Gateway Drive; Fanny Brice, Oscar Shaw, Bruce Barton (1st ambulance named for him), Ernest Truex, Donald Brian, Leslie Howard, Ed Wynn, Harry von Tilzer and Ring Lardner reside in Great Neck Estates. |
| 1927 | Great Neck Estates Police Department started in January. One foot patrolman, John Dennelly. Village Government then run by Village and two Trustees. |
| 1928-1957 | Alexander Stronack of 21 Elm Street, first Village Judge |
| 1930's | Frank Lloyd Wright house built for Ben and Ann Rebhuhn |
| 1930 | 1,738 people in Great Neck Estates |
| 1934 | Present railroad station bui |
| 1939 | Soundview Golf Course (18-hole Professional Course) sold. |
| 1939-40 | Land for Great Neck Estates Pool purchased for $5,500 |
| 1940 | October 31, 1940 William Wright, 8 Elm Street, first of 50 men to be drafted, name drawn from a fishbowl |
| 1949 | $200,000 Bond Issue marks date of today's Swimming Pool |
| 1950's | Modern ranch houses built on former Soundview Golf Course |
| 1958 | 3,200 people live in Great Neck Estates |
| 1959 | Boathouse burns down, replaced by park pavilion |
| 1965 | 3,384 people live in Great Neck Estates |
| 1975 | Great Neck Estates Wildlife Sanctuary created |
| 1978 | Tennis bubble created |
 |
 |
| |
 |