Preservation Long Island

Splia maintains and interprets three historic sites: joseph lloyd manor, an 18th century northern plantation house with associated 19th century 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 packer dering, one of the first us customs officers. In addition,splia's headquarters, occupying a former 1842 methodist episcopal church, located in cold spring harbor, ny, serves as flexible programmatic space for exhibitions, public programs and meetings in its former sanctuary while providing administrative office space at its lower level. During the fiscal year, splia continued its work on the Long term jupiter hammon project by introducing new interpretive materials and engagement experiences at the joseph lloyd manor house to interrogate the history of enslavement at the site. Reduced scale onsite school programs and public tours also resumed at joseph lloyd manor as did public tours and special educational events at other properties.

Splia 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. To showcase these collections while advancing the value of preserving material culture, splia creates exhibitions and publications that relate to Long Island history. During the fiscal year, splia undertook two major projects to improve the care and Preservation of its historic facilities and artifacts: a disaster readiness assessment that produced an emergency response plan for all historic properties and an object inventory at joseph lloyd manor that will serve as the model for completing collection inventories at all other sites during subsequent years. Splia also completed phase ii of its art of edward lange book project which produced a completed manuscript ready for publication.

Splia provides educational and advisory services to help local groups advance Preservation advocacy initiatives in their own communities. the Society continued to work with various Preservation partners through its endangered historic places and awards programs, and continued to offer virtual educational programs in related subject areas. Splia provided ongoing advisory, support, and educational services throughout the year via one-on-one consultations, letters to government officials, attendance at municipal public meetings, and presentations to local civic and Preservation organizations as well as public libraries. Additionally, the organization created several online lecture programs and discussions. Its professional staff also made several presentations for programs at other cultural institutions and provided a number of interns and fellows with mentored opportunities to advance their professional development through discrete projects.

Various program service grants: expenditures: curatorial aquisistion grant 34,683 general grant 94,798 exhibits/events grants 33,800 historic house grants 24,000 total 187,281