Programs

  • Program 1 [2021]

    SPLIA MAINTAINS AND INTERPRETS THREE HISTORIC SITES:JOSEPH LLOYD MANOR, AN 18TH - 19TH CENTURY MANOR WITH ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES; THE SHERWOOD JAYNE FARM, AN 18TH CENTURY FARM WITH AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY COLONIAL REVIVAL ADDITION; AND THE CUSTOM HOUSE, THE 18TH CENTURY HOME AND LIKELY OFFICE OF HENRY PARKER DERING, US CUSTOMS OFFICER. IN ADDITION, SPLIA'S ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IN A FORMER 1842 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH LOCATED IN COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY. ACQUIRED IN 1996, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN ADAPTED FOR MULTIPLE USES, WITH THE LOWER LEVEL PROVIDING OFFICE SPACE AND THE FORMER SANCTUARY SERVING AS A FLEXIBLE SPACE FOR EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, SPLIA ALSO LAUNCHED THE JUPITER HAMMON PROJECT, A LONG-TERM MULTI-FACETED INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP A MORE RELEVANT AND EQUITABLE INTERPRETATION OF JOSEPH LLOYD MANOR THAT REFLECTS THE LIVES OF THE ENSLAVED GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT THROUGH THE STORY OF JUPITER HAMMON (1711- CA.1806) WHO LIVED IN BONDAGE AT THE SITE AND WROTE POWERFULLY ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND MORAL CONFLICTS OF SLAVERY IN THE NEWLY FORMED UNITED STATES.
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    Dates
    May 1, 2020 – Apr 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $340.2K

  • Program 2 [2021]

    SPLIA PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND ADVISORY SERVICES TO HELP LOCAL GROUPS ADVANCE THEIR OWN HISTORIC PRESERVATION INITIATIVES. THE SOCIETY CONTINUED TO WORK WITH VARIOUS PRESERVATION PARTNERS THROUGH ITS ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES LIST AND AWARDS PROGRAMS, AND CONTINUED TO OFFER WORKSHOPS, TOURS AND OTHER PROGRAMS VITUALLY IN SUBJECT RELATED AREAS. SPLIA PROVIDED ONGOING ADVISORY SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT INCLUDED: ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTATIONS, LETTERS TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL INITIATIVES, AND VIRTUAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS TO LOCAL CIVIC AND PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS PUBLIC LIBRARIES. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, PRESERVATION LONG ISLAND WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD ITS USUAL IN-PERSON EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHICH WOULD HAVE INCLUDED FESTIVALS, HISTORIC HOUSE TOURS AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN COLONIAL AND NINETEENTH CENTURY LIFEWAYS.
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    Dates
    May 1, 2020 – Apr 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $77.9K

  • Program 3 [2021]

    THE SOCIETY MAINTAINS AND INTERPRETS REPRESENTATIVE COLLECTIONS OF FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS AND PAINTINGS EVERY-DAY HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS AND VARIOUS ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL AND EXHIBITION PURPOSES. THE SOCIETY ALSO CREATES PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO LONG ISLAND HISTORY. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, SPLIA DEVELOPED AND EXECUTED "INDIGENOUS HISTORY & ART AT GOOD LITTLE WATER PLACE", A VIRTUAL EXHIBIT THAT FEATURES HISTORIC OBJECTS FROM COLLECTIONS OF NEW YORK MUSEUM, PRESERVATION LONG ISLAND, AND THE SOUTHOLD INDIAN MUSEUM ALONG WITH ARTWORK FROM NINE CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTISTS TO OFFER AN INQUISITIVE LOOK AT HISTORY AND ON-GOING RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIGENIOUS PEOPLE AND LAND TO REMIND VIEWERS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WE ALL SHARE TO KNOW OUR COMMON HISTORIES WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR CONNECTIONS TO PLACE.
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    Not indicated
    Dates
    May 1, 2020 – Apr 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $99.5K