BBP Heritage Association

Join us for these FREE, fun and informative General Membership meetings! These are open to all!

April Meeting:

The Deep Roots of Music on Long Island

Date: April 13, 2025

Presenter: JK Hodge

Place: BBP LIbrary

Time: 2:00

Come see a movie with live piano accompaniment just as it was done 100 years ago. Join us as JK Hodge discusses the deep roots of music on Long Island. He will be performing his original score to accompany the 1926 Buster Keaton silent film, "The General" inspired by the Civil Wars' infamous Great Locomotive Chase.

May Meeting: * Please note the new day and time for this meeting *

So You Think You Know Bayport & Blue Point??

Date: Thursday May 15, 2025

Presenter: Frank Giebfried

Place: BBP Library

Time: 7:00-9:00 PM

Join us to test your knowledge of the local history of our twin communities of Bayport & Blue Point! Our great local historian Gene Horton created this program before he left us. Using Gene's questions, BBPHA member Frank Giebfried has added a few more and created a slideshow with photos for what will be a fun trivia game. And don't worry about getting a question wrong, only you will see your answer sheet. Participation is encouraged! This program is open to all.

CALLING ALL MYSTERY LOVERS!!

The Bayport Blue Point Heritage Association presents:

Murder at Meadow Croft!

On Saturday May 17th, 2025 the classic board game CLUE, comes to life with a historic twist. Put your investigative skills to work as you move from room to room at Meadow Croft and uncover "who did it?" "in what room?" and "with what weapon?"

Tickets are $25.00 per person and will be on sale from our website only at www.bayportbluepointheritage.org These tickets will be available on April 15, 2025. Please note, when purchasing tickets please either select the 6:30pm or the 8:30pm session time. There will only be 25 people accepted for each session and all guests should be over the age of 12 (and accompanied by an adult).

This should be a fun evening for families, friends and detective sleuths! Paperwork for gathering clues will be provided. A fun photo opportunity will also be available. Was it the butler in the servants quarters with a gun? Was it the cook in the kitchen with the carving knife? Well, you will have to come to Murder at Meadow Croft and find out!

We are always looking for help and support with a variety of things happening at Meadow Croft. Currently, we are looking for some people for very different types of activities. Maybe you can lend a hand or volunteer for some of these events! Bring your spouse, your kids or your friends! We'd love to have you and it is all for a good cause. 🙂

Spring Clean-up: On April 5th, we are looking for those individuals who like to work with their hands and are not afraid of getting dirty! The BBPHA is looking to clean out the Carriage House on the Meadow Croft property. We also are doing some garden clean-up. If interested, please bring rakes, clippers, gloves and a strong back! The fun starts at 10:00AM. We need you!

Docents: During the months of June through October, every weekend the BBPHA offers tours of the Meadow Croft estate. Dedicated docents help guide tours through the house and property to share the rich history of the Roosevelt family and what life was like in the 1900's. Training is available. If you are interested and would be able to donate some of your time, please reach out to Jen at jtbudgie@aol.com

Save the dates, read and share our newsletters, or follow us on Social Media for information of these upcoming events brought to you by the BBPHA!

April 5, 2025: Carriage House & Heirloom Garden Clean-up

April 13, 2025: General Membership Meeting @ BBP Library

May 17, 2025: Mystery Night at Meadow Croft

June-October 2025: Tours of Meadow Croft each weekend from 2-4:00

June 19 & July 24, 2025: FREE Summer concerts featuring The Flat Leavers and Gene Casey

August 2025: Historic Boat cruise on the Great South Bay

December 6-7 2025: Christmas at Meadow Croft

A big THANK YOU to our local historian and BBPHA board member Frank Giebfried! Frank recently gave an informative and creative presentation to a large group at the BBP Library for our monthly general membership meeting. Frank has exceptional research skills and presents all information in a fun and interactive way. Frank's March presentation was on Avery's Five Mile Look. This was a beautiful resort located at the end of Blue Point Ave and built in 1913. It's always great to learn more about the community you live in.

Come check out Frank's new presentation on May 15, 2025. This is on a Thursday night and will begin at 7:00 at the BBP Library. A trivia type event called: So You Think You Know Bayport & Blue Point? This sounds like another fun event. Hope to see you there! Thank you Frank for sharing our history!

It's that time of year! The BBPHA is now requesting your membership dues. To pay for this year, please mail payment to:

Bayport Blue Point Heritage Association

PO Box 4

Bayport NY 11705

Please include your name, address and email on all correspondence. Make checks payable to: Bayport Blue Point Heritage Association. You can also make payments directly from our webpage which can be found here. Any questions can be directed to bbphistorical@gmail.com .

Your membership dues go a long way to support and maintain our mission of preserving our hamlet's heritage. It also allows us to provide our communities with free events, like our two summer concerts in the park and providing updates and repairs to the Meadow Croft estate. Thank you to all of our generous members! New members welcome! Support your communities!

Membership Type:

Annual/Family: $25.00

Senior: $10.00

Corporate: $100.00

Donation: $_____

The BBPHA is grateful for Boy Scout Troop 130 for lending a hand (and some much needed muscle) to help move some large objects in the Carriage House and inside Meadow Croft. We appreciate all of their time and efforts to help keep things running smoothly at the estate. Thank you gentleman for your hard work!

These articles first appeared in the Bayport Blue Point Gazette. They were written by Gene Horton and reprinted here with permission.

December 2010

This Bayport street's name has nothing to do with "the best part of waking up is FOLGER'S in your cup!"

William B. Folger was for many years a 19th century summer resident of Bayport. His name lives on today: FOLGER STREET in Bayport is named for him. Folger Street extends east from Bayport Ave., past Kensington Ave. and ends at North Ocean Ave. in Bayport. Folger Street was dedicated as a Town of Islip roadway in July 1915.

Anyway, Mr. Folger had a summer home, "Linden Cottage," in Bayport and, starting around 1872, he and his family spent four to five months a year here during the summer. Today, the Linden tree is long-gone but that picturesque house is still located at 647 Middle Road, Bayport. The 1888 map of Bayport indicates that this was the Folger home, located on the northwest corner of Ocean Ave. and Middle Road. Their year-round home was in Brooklyn at 84 South Third Street. The 1888 map also shows that Mr. Folger owned two large parcels of property of about 20 acres on the east side of Bayport Ave. approximately where Folger St. is located today.

Mr. Folger's wife's name was Mary Ann Floger and he had one daughter, Mary. He was regarded as a very kind, respected and a widely admired man in both Brooklyn and Bayport. At the time of his death in 1889, Mr. Folger was 76 years old. He was a steel plate engraver by trade and also a main-stay in the city printing business. His office was located for over 40 years at 99 John Street in New York City. When he retired around 1880, he turned his business over to his son-in-law, William B. Pell, who had married his daughter Mary.

Mr. Folger was one of the oldest members of the Amity Lodge of Free & Associated Masons of NYC and his obituary in the Brooklyn EAGLE mentioned he was a man of "ample means." On February 8, 1889, William B. Folger was interred in the Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Mrs. Folger died in 1895. His name lives on in Bayport today thanks to Folger Street.