Roslyn Village Historic District
The Roslyn Village Historic District is a 1987 registered in the National Register of Historic Places conservation district and the center comprises of this place in the State of New York. It includes the previously created Main Street Historic District, which is, however, considered a separate conservation area. In contrast, the newer district consists of more business objects along the Old Northern Boulevard, which makes an arc through the center Roslyns, away from the North Hempstead Turnpike (New York State Route 25A ), the main thoroughfare along the north shores of Long Iceland. Its contributing objects that are partially single entries of the register include a wider range of architectural styles from the 19th and early 20th century.
The conservation area covers 26 hectares, of which, however, the largest part of the Main Street District does not apply in the fall, all objects on the road between Glen Avenue and the intersection with East Broadway. The Roslyn Village District combines most of the other buildings in the triangle formed by Main Street, East Broadway and Old Northern Boulevard as well as some areas along the Glen Avenue through to State Route 25A and the old northern millpond.
History
From the early days of settlement the mid-17th century to its development concentrated around Main Street. Growth accelerated after independence, emerged as the early 19th century most of the houses on Main Street. After the Civil War there was still demand for houses in Roslyn and both home builders and buyers East Broadway looked toward divided the steep hillsides and the shoreline of Roslyn Ponds with Main Street, but in opposite directions.
As a result, incurred up to the end of the 19th century most buildings on East Broadway, where the style of Victorian architecture predominates. James K. Davis, who had earlier projected some of the houses on Main Street, 1876 took on the new Second Empire style, with its mansard roofs and used it for his own house in 139 East Broadway. The Queen Anne Style in turn is exemplary to see Evangeline Charmans House in 207 East Broadway, which was built in 1895.
Beginning of the 20th century, there were still some space on the edge of the district, so that in 1921 the Bryant Library today's conservation area gave his most striking building in the style of Colonial Revival. Around the year 1930, the East Broadway was similar developed, as it had been quite a few decades before the Main Street and the house builder applied to other districts too, so that the district continues to maintain its own historical character.
Roslyns Landmark Society began in the 1960s to draw attention to the identification of historic buildings and their protection and as a result the conservation area on Main Street was built. Endangered houses from other parts of the village and the surrounding area have been moved to the East Broadway in order to protect it better. An extended list of historic buildings in 1979 submitted for registration to the National Park Service. In the review, leaders balked at the agency before setting up a second historic district and suggested that the Office of Historic Preservation should request the extension of the boundaries of the former district. The Office brought the documents a new, has been paying careful explains why Main Street visually and historically is a completely different area and ultimately the Roslyn Village Historic District was added to the National Register so separately.
Conservation
Roslyn has included provisions in its statutes with which the buildings are protected in both belonging to the town 's historic districts. Any changes or breaks must be approved by a six -member panel. The Roslyn Landmark Society has for some objects through zoning restrictions.