A Museum For Long Beach, NY: The 20th Anniversary
A Museum For Long Beach, NY: The 20th Anniversary Photo Credit: Jimmy Schmitt, jimmy.schmitt@yahoo.com A Historical House This story begins in 1980 when a group of people met who saw the necessity for a new organization to preserve and save the rich cultural heritage of Long Beach, NY’s past. The City of Long Beach, NY lost many magnificent architectural treasures while more and more were threatened everyday including the magnificent original city hall, the art deco Laurel Theater, the Nassau Hotel, Castles by the Sea, the Red Brick Streets, mini-mansions and many more irreplaceable historic treasures. A Provisional Charter was granted to the Long Beach Historical Society on June 25, 1982 by the University of the State of New York incorporating Florence First, Roberta Fiore, Jeffrey Chandross, Milton Popper, Victor Scutari the persons named as Incorporators were the first Board of Trustees for the Society. The founder of the Long Beach Historical Society was F
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