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ORIGINALLY
WELLWOOD - LATER BRESLAU
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PUBLIC TIME TABLE OF JANUARY 1, 1869
THE STATION'S NAME WAS "WELLWOOD".
PUBLIC TIME TABLE OF MAY 30, 1870
STATION IS NOW "BRESLAU".
FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE WEDNESDAY MAY 25, 1870
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FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE SATURDAY JUNE 4, 1870
FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE TUESDAY JUNE 7, 1870
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(2) (5)
(3) (6)
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CONDUCTOR LOUIS RINGHOUSE, WHO HAD STARTED WITH THE
SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD, WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE IN 1909
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FROM "SKETCHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, HISTORICAL
AND DESCRIPTIVE" BY RICHARD M. BAYLES, 1873
BEHIND THE EASTBOUND TRAIN IS NEHRINGS HOTEL
FROM "SKETCHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, HISTORICAL
AND DESCRIPTIVE" BY RICHARD M. BAYLES, 1873
THIS IS LOOKING NORTHEAST ON FALLERSLEBEN AVENUE IN 1907.
DAVE KELLER INFORMS US THAT IT IS NOW WEST JOHN STREET.
WIKIPEDIA PROVIDES AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOFFMAN VON
FALLERSLEBEN EVEN A CONNECTION WITH BRESLAU UNIVERSITY IN GERMANY.
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THE CHURCH IS SAINT JOHN'S LUTHERAN. NEXT TO IT TO THE WEST IS A FIREHOUSE WHICH IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN 1870 AS A DEPOT BY WELWOOD AND SCHLEIER WHO CREATED "THE CITY OF BRESLAU". BY DECEMBER 1870 IT HAD BEEN MOVED TO SCHOOL STREET AND BECAME THE SCHOOLHOUSE. IN 1876 OR 1877 A LARGER SCHOOL WAS BUILT ON SCHOOL STREET AND THE 1870 BUILDING WAS MOVED NORTHEAST. ALTERNATIVELY PERHAPS IN 1870 IT WAS MOVED HERE AND SERVED AS THE SCHOOL AND LATER THE FIREHOUSE. |
THIS IS THE NEW SCHOOLHOUSE WHICH WAS STILL THERE IN 1925 PROBABLY AS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
"OLD TIMERS" HAVE CALLED THIS THE "FIRST DEPOT - MOVED TO
SCHOOL ST. FOR USE AS SCHOOL - 1870. SCHOOL HOUSE UNTIL 1877."
WE WONDER IF IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BRESLAU STATION
OF STEWART'S CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON SCHOOL STREET IN 1907.
FROM THE VILLAGE OF LINDENHURST WEBSITE:
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".....Huntington farmers, who built a one-room schoolhouse on what is West Montauk
Highway, established our present public school system in 1841. In 1870 the German
settlers established another school on School Street. A new wooden school was built in 1876."
IT IS FURTHER THOUGHT THAT THE BUILDING BECAME A
(THE FIRST) FIREHOUSE AND LATER A PRIVATE DWELLING.
"In 1877 the “Breslau Feuer Wehr” (Fire Protection) was formed. Four years later
the name was changed to the Breslau Engine Company, as it is still known today.
This same year, the “Union Hook & Ladder Company” was organized.
In 1884, the “Library Hose Company” was formed. By 1885, these three companies,
with a total of 44 men, combined and became known as the “Breslau Fire Department”
THE SCHOOL AND AN ENGINE HOUSE ARE SHOWN ON THIS 1888 MAP
FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE FEBRUARY 23, 1881
THIS DESCRIPTION IS NOT HISTORICALLY ACCURATE BUT DOES EXPLAIN THAT THE
BRESLAU & FIRE ISLAND RAILROAD WAS ENVISIONED BY WELWOOD AND SCHLEIER.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND HAD A BRESLAU STATION
LOCATED EAST OF WELLWOOD AVENUE - NOTE THE WIDTH OF PROPERTY
THE 66 FOOT ROW IS WIDENED TO 100 FEET.
THIS MAP FROM 1873 SHOWS BRESLAU STATION
IN 1891 BRESLAU WAS RENAMED LINDENHURST
AND THE 1868 DEPOT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED
THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR THESE 1891 AND 1897 VIEWS
Photo courtesy of Ed Meinhold, Lindenhurst Historical
Society, 1901 Restored LIRR Depot Site Manager VIA DAVE KELLER
Photo courtesy of Ed Meinhold, Lindenhurst Historical
Society, 1901 Restored LIRR Depot Site Manager
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Photo courtesy of Ed Meinhold, Lindenhurst Historical
Society, 1901 Restored LIRR Depot Site Manager
LINDENHURST STATION IN 1897
THE BAY WINDOW HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE NORTH
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