The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Dering Harbor incorporated as a village in 1916. It had been a popular resort community since the 19th Century. According to The New York Times, it is rumored that the village decided to incorporate as a means of preventing "Coney Island-style concessions" from popping up in the area.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Dering Harbor is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dering Harbor has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sylvester Manor in Shelter Island, 0.8 miles away.
Dering Harbor and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Sylvester Manor’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dering Harbor?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dering Harbor’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.