The home that belonged to Tugboat Captain Stan Stevens has been torn down near the intersection of Bellmore Avenue and Merrick Road.
According to Newsday, the Hempstead Town Board held a hearing last September about granting landmark status to the site, but denied the request at a Dec. 11 board meeting.
"I have always loved that home, not even knowing the history of it," Kim Sullivan-Hoffman said on Bellmore Patch's Facebook page. "It would have been nice to have a museum to remind folks of our history with the waterways."
From Newsday: The 20-by-40-foot bungalow was built in 1923 by Charles Stevens, who ran a ferry service in the early 1900s between Bellmore and High Hill Beach, now part of Jones Beach State Park. Stevens passed the house on to his son Stan, who had his own tugboat business and helped build the Wantagh Parkway to Jones Beach. The home had been vacant since Stan Stevens' daughter and last relative, Joan Stevens, died in 2009.
"I always loved that house and wanted to live in it when we first came to Bellmore," Andrea Cappelli Redican said. "I gad no idea of its history at the time. I was so sad to see the big hole in the ground where it used to stand."
"My great grandfather built many of the original bungalows south of Merrick Road in Bellmore," Cammi Clara added. "The rich history of Long Island includes fishing and clamming on the south shore, yet what remains of that period of Long Island's history has become almost non-existent."
The 18,750-square-feet property was sold for $250,000 on Jan. 23, with funds from the sale being dispersed to Stevens' friends and animal rescue groups. Two homes will be build on the property, according to the report.
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