Two Remaining Pieces of the Chateau
A Discovery Two Remaining Pieces of the Chateau A carved oak overmantel and a wrought-iron chandelier, pulled out of the… Read More »Two Remaining Pieces of the Chateau
Buildings
How Bohemia Went to School
Local History Forty-Eight Children in One Room: How Bohemia’s Schools Became Connetquot From a $600 schoolhouse on a sand road… Read More »How Bohemia Went to School
The Bohemia Fire Department Since 1893
Local History Thirteen Men at Union Hall: The Bohemia Fire Department Since 1893 From a $375 hand-drawn ladder truck to… Read More »The Bohemia Fire Department Since 1893
Cigars, Supplements, and Circuits: The Evolution of Bohemia
Between 1960 and 1985, Bohemia underwent a massive transformation. Discover how a hamlet once known for hand-rolled cigars and scrub… Read More »Cigars, Supplements, and Circuits: The Evolution of Bohemia
How MacArthur Reshaped Bohemia
In April 1942, the Town of Islip signed a contract to build an airfield in the pine barrens north of… Read More »How MacArthur Reshaped Bohemia
Bohemia Recreation Center
Folk dances and Sokol gymnastics, spaghetti dinners that funded a museum, an EPA Superfund hearing, and a Little Free Library… Read More »Bohemia Recreation Center
Neighbors First: The Adamec Family
When the weather turned bad, the undertaker’s wife would load Bohemia’s schoolchildren — bikes and all — into the back… Read More »Neighbors First: The Adamec Family
William Wild’s Hotel and the Birth of “Hotel Row”
Before the Central Hotel, before the MacArthur Field Hotel, there was William Wild’s — likely the very first hotel in… Read More »William Wild’s Hotel and the Birth of “Hotel Row”
MacArthur Field Hotel
Saloon, boarding house, wedding hall, “old man’s bar,” and finally a disco — the building at Smithtown Avenue and Church… Read More »MacArthur Field Hotel